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Resident sets brush fire that spreads to house, Glouster OH

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Near Taylor Ridge Rd, Glouster, OH 45732

A resident near Taylor Ridge Road set a brush fire with a box that spread and caused the house to catch fire. The resident then went back inside the house hoping it would burn and refused to communicate with responders.

Audio|Source: Ohio State Highway Patrol Post 84 Marietta and West Virginia State Police Troop 4 Parkersburg
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Transcript:
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(number withheld), Taylor Ridge Road.
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It's going to be for a well-being check break.
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Good.
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One of the fire department members just called in advising that the homeowner there seems to be having some altered mental status.
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Advise that he set brush on fire with a box and then caught the house on fire.
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He then went back inside and advised that he was hoping it would burn.
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He also was refusing to talk to SDX-time.

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Location mentioned:
Near Taylor Ridge Rd, Glouster, OH 45732
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