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By Matt Pelkey
KuppahannuckNt’ws Staff Writer
The March 21 brush fire that burned within 20 feet uf a house near Gid Brown Hollow was caused by a power line — a common danger that in recent weeks has topped all other sources of brush fires in a forestry jurisdiction comprising Rappahannock. Madison and Greene counties, a forestry official said this past Monday.
Forest Warden Ken Cooper, who helped investigate the 21acre fire with the Virginia Department of Forestry, said that the fire likely began when wind blew tree branches against the power line and caused it to spark. He said that the line, which ran to a nearby house, did not snap.
“There’s a couple of spots where trees (had) grown into the lines,” he said.
Cooper said that the fire most
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