Multiple outdoor fires set behind businesses in Greensboro, Greensboro NC


There have been several outdoor brush fires intentionally set behind businesses near Westgate City Boulevard and Center View in Greensboro. The fires appear to be random and suspicious. Part of the area is fenced and covered with shrubs, making it hard to identify suspects. Authorities are considering using nearby cameras to investigate.
Audio|Source: Guilford Metro Fire
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A lot of random outside fires in our territory, behind businesses,
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up and down Westgate City Boulevard.
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This was just some brush behind the building that I think someone randomly came by and set on fire, but we wrote two calls earlier today on Center View.
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D-Shift wrote a couple on Center View.
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We don't know if we possibly have a power bug in the area, but I just want to make you guys aware.
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Tim Ward, do you have any cameras behind these businesses that could pick up any traffic back there?
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The business we're at behind now is not occupied.
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There would possibly be some behind the Itchy Bond off Westgate City, but it's behind the fence and covered up by a bunch of shrubs and brush, so I know I don't think we have anything we could find somebody with.
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10-4, yeah,
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I will pass that along and if you go back out that way tonight, just call me and I'll come and take some photographs and maybe look for some cameras along the way that's close by.
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10-4, the majority of this has been happening between Florida Street and West Meta View, just in that five or six-block span.
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10-4, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Centerview Dr, Greensboro, NC 27407
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