Young girl starts fire by road to kill insects, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonA seven-year-old girl was seen starting a small fire by the side of the road near S Tryon St. She said she lit the fire with her cigarette to kill insects crawling in her shoes. She was wearing a striped outfit with giraffe patterns and was packing up grocery bags before leaving the area.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
03:49
Transcript:
00:00
Age is seven, we got her on the camera.
00:02
It's a female in a stripe either black and white or blue and white giraffes.
00:07
She's got a small fire by the side of the road and she's building up.
00:12
Seven have me.
00:13
CMPD will be around as well.
00:14
Jimpy will be around as well.
00:16
Tower 3 is on scene with half a dozen CNPD officers.
00:20
Good work, Carra 3.
00:22
Go ahead.
00:23
I make contact with a property manager.
00:24
She's going to try to get her maintenance person over there.
00:27
If she can't, she'll be en route, but it'll be about 30 minutes.
00:29
Copy. If you want to let them know, they're going to need a free-foot repair company out here as well.
00:34
Two more.
00:37
Letter 40, medical routine and known medical, (number withheld) Lake Lively Lane.
00:42
Letter 40, medical routine and no medical, (number withheld) Lake Lively Lane.
00:47
Is it seven?
00:48
Jim, go ahead.
00:50
Go up, uh, Sugar Creek just a little bit past the McDonald's on your left.
00:55
Towards 85.
00:56
Copy. Okay.
00:57
Okay. For Sergei.
00:58
So be on your left kind of between the McDonald's and I think that's a hotel or a motel right there at the ramp.
01:05
Here's job.
01:06
Looks like she's packing up her grocery bags and maybe trying to leave.
01:09
Still on that go.
01:10
This engine 32.
01:11
Hey guys, I had talked, I think, a ladder about half an hour ago about this.
01:18
I was looking into this dude. Would he be willing to be transported to another emergency department this evening?
01:23
Yes, he's going to have to be.
01:25
He fell on the floor and every time he's touching him, he's hurting.
01:27
Okay, I'll have a truck dispatch out there.
01:30
We're trying to find a solution for this gentleman, I guess he was transported to Novant, Valentine, earlier but discharge.
01:37
So we'll, just want to make sure we'll get a truck, and I'm also heading your way.
01:40
Well, thank you.
01:41
You're at right now.
01:42
And obviously that's her walking off.
01:44
Power 31.
01:45
Tower three, good.
01:46
No patient at this location.
01:48
Similar, tire three.
01:49
I'll cancel my next. Ten four, thank you.
01:50
Seven door.
01:51
Agent seven.
01:52
The female stated she was killing a fire against nest because they were crawling her shoes, so she put them out with her cigarette and lit them off fire.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28210
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