Tree on fire in parking lot at home improvement store

Heard on: Randolph, Chatham and Moore Counties Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Pittsboro Fire, respond reference outside fire.

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(number withheld) Lowe's Drive, Lowe's Home Improvement.

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Cross streets of Hillsboro Street and Winston Way.

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Communications clear, 0858.

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Team 4, command, more central, 6.

00:17

Go ahead.

00:20

There's a resident there for this location.

00:22

We just need to change batteries, smoke detector, shower, clear service, and terminated.

00:28

1750 is on location.

00:31

Command terminated.

00:33

1750 copy.

00:39

This is Engine 1 en route.

00:43

Copy, engine one in route.

00:49

Central, this is Engine Two, en route.

00:53

Copy, Engine Two, en route.

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Three 30 , ten forty-one.

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Three 30 .

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Units responding, Lowe's Home Improvement.

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Caller is reporting a tree on fire at the bottom of the parking lot.

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Reporting no flames visible at this time, just smoke.

8/14/2026 05:59 AM

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Lowes Dr, Pittsboro, NC 27312

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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 an apparent outside fire near a home improvement store on Lowes Drive in Pittsboro. A caller reported a tree on fire at the lower area of the parking lot with smoke but no visible flames. Responding units later indicated the situation involved changing a smoke detector battery for a resident and the command was terminated.

Tree on fire in parking lot at home improvement store

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