Jul 24, 2023, News Release

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA – At approximately 11:27 am on Monday, July 24, 2023, career and volunteer units from Albemarle County were dispatched to the report of a fire in an outbuilding in the 5900 block of Buffalo River Road.

The first arriving units arrived 14 minutes after dispatch to find fire conditions in an outbuilding.

Crews quickly extinguished the flames. There are no reported injuries.

The fire investigation is being led by the Albemarle County Fire Marshal’s Office. The fire is believed to have been caused by straw material too close to a heat source.