Authorities say charges are pending after a fire burned around seven acres in Orange County Wednesday, March 22.
Homes were evacuated and the railroad was shut down has crews from several departments battled the fire for more than seven hours.
“On a normal basis, it’s usually a two-company response. This ended up being county-wide, and we also called in mutual aid assistance from Louisa, Culpeper, and Madison counties,” Fire Chief Whitt Jacobs said Thursday, March 23. “What made this fire more unique was the fire loads that we were dealing with and the fact that it was so close to residential neighborhood. That was kind of what made it more of a dynamic scene than what we’re normally used to.”
All of the damage is believed to have been started by a small, control burn.