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Illegal burn escalates to structure fire with explosion 

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Near Youngs Bottom, Elkview, WV 25071
An illegal burn at a location escalated into a structure fire involving black smoke, chemicals, and a possible trailer explosion.
Audio|Source: Kanawha County Fire - North
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Transcript:
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Metro Station 1 investigation Young's Bottom.
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Metro Station 1, 520 Young's Bottom, 520 Young's Bottom, 520 Young's Bottom, on the Melton Street,
00:28
Those are lots to deal with that location having some kind of illegal burn.
00:31
There's black smoke.
00:32
It sounds like they have chemicals on it.
00:35
1858[2].
00:41
Station 34 structure fires, young bottom, area one.
01:45
Station 2, 64, Structure Fire, Area 1, 528 Young Spot of 528 Young Spot, across the Mountain Street, Hoppin Street.
01:53
Eventually came as an illegal burn now advising there's a car trailer on fire, something just possibly blew up.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
2-634: Structure fire code
[2]
1858: Possible fire incident number

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Near Youngs Bottom, Elkview, WV 25071
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