Backyard burn complaint with siding damage risk

Heard on: Stark County Fire

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Canton Township Ladder 12, (number withheld) Hawk Avenue Southeast for a large open burn.

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Canton Township Ladder 12, (number withheld) Hawk Avenue Southeast for a large open burn, 2011.

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Dispatch, North Florence, 21.

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Dispatch, North Florence, 22.

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62 is en route to Mercy.

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To Mercy, 21.

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68 Engine 5, be advised it's going to be 13th Street Southwest, (number withheld) block of 13th Street Southwest.

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Can't talk to Battalion Dispatch.

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Battalion.

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Battalion Route, do you mean further on this?

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Copy.

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Neighbor advises a open burn in the backyard.

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She said it was big, but couldn't tell us how big.

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Said the male's out there with it, tending it, but using a blow dryer to make it bigger.

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Apparently it's starting to melt some siding, but the house itself is nothing, not on fire.

7/16/2026 05:09 PM

Fire

Hawk Ave SE, Canton, OH 44707

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a residence near Hawk Avenue Southeast in Canton for a reported large open burn in a backyard. A neighbor reported a male tending the fire and using a blow dryer to enlarge it, and it was reportedly starting to melt siding, though the house itself did not appear to be on fire.