Crews battle brush fire in Chesterfield caused by buzzard landing on power line
Mar 21, 2025
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Crews battled two brush fires in Chesterfield County Friday afternoon which officials said were caused when a buzzard landed on a power line.
Just before 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21, Chesterfield Fire and EMS crews responded to a call for a brush fire along Cogb
ill Road, near Belmont Road.
According to Chesterfield Fire and EMS, the first firefighters that arrived on the scene found a quick-moving fire that spread across a field and into a nearby wooded area.
(Photo courtesy: Chesterfield County Fire and EMS)(Photo courtesy: Chesterfield County Fire and EMS)(Photo courtesy: Chesterfield County Fire and EMS)(Photo courtesy: Chesterfield County Fire and EMS)
After knocking the fire down, a separate brush fire was reportedly discovered nearby in an area officials said was hard to access.
In addition to Chesterfield Fire and EMS' engines, tanker and brush truck, a Virginia Department of Forestry bulldozer was called in to help control the fire.
Officials said crews were able to mark both fires under control in two hours.
According to Chesterfield Fire and EMS, the fires were caused by a buzzard that landed on a power line, causing a short that sparked the fires. ...read more read less