Brush fire started in homeless camp near Prince William Pkwy, Manassas VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a brush fire in a wooded area near Prince William Parkway and Alworth Avenue in Manassas, Virginia. The fire started in a homeless camp on a mattress and warming materials about ten feet from a building. Firefighters worked to contain the blaze in the brush behind local businesses and near the parkway.
Audio|Source: Prince William County Police and Fire
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200615 Bravo, 4-9 Brushfire, in the area of Prince William Parkway, Alworth Avenue.
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Engine 520, engine 512,
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bombing, 0829.
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Color is going to be 3P and is black smoke behind the Best Buy in the woods.
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Flames are about the trees.
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10 feet away from a building.
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Another dollar advised near the roadhouse restaurant.
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Just went into the brush fire.
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Be direct.
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All additional callers advise a different area.
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Ingen 512's direct, Prince William Parkway and Chopper's Best Way.
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Engine 512, that's an additional location that was given.
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That's right, engine 512 and brush 512 while responding.
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Okay, 0831.
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Back in the woods a good bit.
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We're going to try to find some access.
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We'll advise in a minute.
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Okay, engine 520, next to the Bank of America in the woods.
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We'll try to find access.
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PX-25X105 Bravo for a sickness used for tomorrow Pruitt Center near Hazel Circle Drive in Room 1, 925 into 525 responding 0.832.
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He is a 16 female, having an allergic reaction.
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Patients also having difficulty breathing.
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5147. 514. That was fire with a large fire behind the bungalows and the principal parkway.
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Okay.
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There was the fire?
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It's going to be behind the bungalows on the parkway.
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Looks like the fire department is working on an active brush fire.
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Direct, thank you.
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From engine 520.
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Go ahead, engine 520.
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Got a fire in a homeless camp back in the woods.
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It appears it was on a mattress and some warming materials.
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We're going to get a line on it here in a minute.
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Okay, so if I told you, fire and homeless camp, Matthewsson, warming material, we'll get a line on it.
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