Outside fire near playground at Salisbury Elementary School, Salisbury MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/5/2025 11:57 AM

Near Lafayette Rd, Salisbury, MA 01952

There was a report of an outside fire near the playground behind Salisbury Elementary School. It may have been started by a few teenage females who were possibly trying to put it out as it grew larger. Fire crews arrived but did not find any active fire and began investigating.

Audio|Source: Salisbury Fire

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Transcript:

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Hello, as we found out on hit stretching apparatus to near Lafayette Road, the elementary school, the area of the playground in the woods.

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Fire, outside fire, and it's near Lafayette Road, the elementary school,

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the path near the playground.

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A report of the outside fire, 14-58.

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File of engine 6 on responding.

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Action 670 on respondent. It was a third-party call.

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There are three,

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two and a half females that it lit something on fire near the playground in the woods.

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Or was it they were attempting to extinguish it due to the growing in size.

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Just one call being able to be responding.

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Okay, receipts.

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We're talking about the playground behind the elementary school.

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That's permanent that was giving us a path near the playground.

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Okay,

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received.

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Just, you know, we're sending the squad to Kendall Lane just to get to the back side of that engine 6 is responding to the school.

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Appreciate it.

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That's your down here.

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Pressure.

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Final Imagine 6 is on scene. We're behind the elementary school. We don't have anything showing.

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We'll be investigating.

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Race 7006 you on scene behind the Elmage School 9-1-7-7-1.

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5-Larm, squad 2 is off at Kendall Lane, nothing showing.

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Squad 2 off at Kendall Lane, nothing shown.

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Near Lafayette Rd, Salisbury, MA 01952

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