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Heard on: Frederick County Public Safety · 1/16/2026 10:12 AM
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Outside fire, Dollar General, (number withheld) Valley Avenue, cross street Wentworth Drive, York Avenue.
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Wagon 5 respond on channel 2, 1315.
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Fire crews respond to smoking debris outside store

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As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters were dispatched to a retail store on Valley Avenue in Winchester for a possible small outside fire. Employees had moved a cardboard box that initially caught fire inside the store to the outside area and used an extinguisher on it. The material was still smoking when responders arrived.

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Valley Ave, Winchester, VA 22601
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