Brush fire burns 5 acres on Gates Road
Published 4:11 pm Tuesday, March 1, 2022
- Suffolk firefighters extinguished a brush fire on Gates Road Tuesday afternoon. (Submitted photo)
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Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded Tuesday afternoon to a brush fire in the 8600 block of Gates Road.
The fire was reported at 12:48 p.m. Battalion Chief Chuck Knight said the first unit arrived on the scene at 1:05 p.m.
The fire covered 5 acres of a field and threatened a detached garage but did not damage the structure. The fire was under control at 2:30 p.m. No injuries were reported.
The cause was accidental, city officials said in a news release.
