Mulch burning near gas line outside building at Rightly Square, Durham NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/1/2025 07:01 PM

Near W Main St, Durham, NC 27701

Mulch was burning on the ground near a gas line outside a building at Rightly Square. The fire did not involve the building. Fire units are investigating the incident.

Audio|Source: Durham City Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Structure Fire, Rightly Square, near West Main Street.

00:12

Structure Fire, Rightly Square, near West Main Street, cross of North Gregson Street, and Allamarl Street, FD,

00:23

20, safety, one, refue one, squad one,

00:27

engine, one, engine two, ladder, two, engine three, ladder,

00:32

three, engine nine, battalion, one, battalion, four.

00:41

Five.

00:53

Are you saying business back-time corner or in front of the back side corner to the bill?

01:07

Battalion, more than provincial one, I don't think.

01:10

Once story makes use nothing to happen for an exterior.

01:14

We're going to drive around the building in particular.

01:20

Battalion, I'll copy you traffic.

01:22

Nothing evident taking the last.

01:28

I think the caller is trying to say it's on the back side of the building at the Gregson and Peckybody,

01:34

Cross Street, Ted.

01:38

I was going on at that time.

01:44

Okay, the first step out.

01:47

Thank you. Stopper.

01:51

Major one is now on the back side between Gregson, near the panel.

02:00

Nobody's out here, nothing's evident.

02:03

We're going to continue now to Gregson.

02:06

And on this side, then Hydrus at Main Street.

02:21

I decided where the Mexico restaurant used to be right there by the bridge that takes everybody out.

02:30

All right,

02:34

we have mulch on the ground burning beside the building around the gas line.

02:39

I'll be out investigating. I'll let you know for trouble.

02:47

All right, I have to have you got mulks running around the gas line, you say.

03:01

The building is not involved.

03:04

It's just the most.

03:05

Everybody's returning service with the exception of engine war.

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