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likely started the night before it was discovered, but did not break out until wet leaves and brush dried from rain a few days earlier

He said that the secluded area where the fire began probably prevented it from being noticed sooner.

Cooper said that smaller power lines providing electricity to homes are a common cause of fire.

“It's not going to be caused by these big-scale power lines," he said. “It’s more just the small lines that are going into houses.”

Trees and branches can grow into lines or fall on them, Cooper said. He said that ice and heavy winds, like those that hit Rappahannock this past winter, make fires all the more likely.

“The winds have been particularly bad this year,” he said. “That’s going to be the biggest factor."

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