Controlled burn spreads to tree near home, Rockford TN

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Com Center, Blount County Fire, have a structure fire at (number withheld) Glover Road.

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(number withheld) Glover Road.

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Complainant advised it started as a control burn.

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He was burning a small residential structure that was falling apart on his property.

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Now it's starting to catch the trees 20 feet away on fire.

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There's no other exposures at this time.

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Station five, copy.

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Com center, they were advising the original structure was a controlled burn and it just spread to a tree, correct?

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10-4. He said that it's getting a little bit too big for the sprinkler system that he put out there to have any effect.

Controlled burn spreads to tree near home