Officers say brush fireplace in Hurricane suspected to be began by juveniles

HURRICANE, Washington County — A brief-lived brush fireplace that ignited in a wash operating between Hurricane neighborhoods Monday night and threatened close by properties is suspected to be human-caused.

A number of fireplace crews from the Hurricane Valley Fireplace District responded to the realm of 1019 West and 200 South the place a brush fireplace was reported simply after 8:30 p.m. within the Gould Wash, in accordance with a social media submit from the hearth district.

“Preliminary reviews from dispatch acknowledged that there have been a number of buildings threatened,” the submit states.

Items arrived on the scene inside 6 minutes of the decision and had been capable of preserve the hearth from spreading to close by properties. The fireplace is estimated to have been a quarter-acre in dimension and was extinguished by 9:15 p.m.

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