Playground mulch and swing set fire at Oakwood Park

Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch

01:37

00:00

Engine 11,

00:01

brush fire, estimated at (number withheld) Canal Street.

00:06

Engine 11, brush fire, estimated at (number withheld) Canal Street.

00:12

Cross streets are Denim and T Street.

00:14

On tac channel two.

00:16

Time out, 2130.

00:23

Engine 11 en route to the brush fire

00:27

located at the Oakwood Park playground, (number withheld) Milton Avenue, off of Canepa Street.

00:34

Calls advising there's mulch and possible monkey bars on fire.

00:38

Engine 11 en route, 2131 hours.

00:44

We're arriving.

00:46

Got a small mulch fire.

00:53

Engine 11 arriving.

00:54

Small mulch fire.

00:55

2134 hours.

01:01

Engine 11, we got water on the fire.

01:05

Water on the fire.

01:06

2134 hours.

01:08

Richmond from Engine 11.

01:12

Engine 11, go ahead.

01:17

The fire's been extinguished.

01:19

Looked like somebody intentionally set a child swinging on fire.

01:23

I'll be following up with the fire investigator's office via email.

01:27

Engine 11 returning back to service.

01:32

Official copy: Fire extinguished.

01:34

We'll follow up with the fire investigator via email.

01:36

Return to service.

2026-10-07 01:30 UTC

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Melton Ave, Richmond, VA 23223

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Playground mulch and swing set fire at Oakwood Park

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