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Refuse fire at 7-Eleven possibly started by manNorfolk VA

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Near Shore Dr, Norfolk, VA 23518

A refuse fire occurred near Shore Drive at a 7-Eleven, possibly started by a male suspect previously seen setting fires at a nearby laundromat. The suspect is described as a chubby male in his 40s with a shaved head. He was seen pushing a shopping cart and setting items on fire near the dumpster behind the store.

Audio|Source: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
02:32
Transcript:
00:00
Fire, Refuse near Shore Drive at 7-Eleven.
00:15
Section 16 for a refuse fire near Shore Drive at a 7-Eleven, TAC 2, correction, TAC 5.
00:23
Agent 1 response.
00:27
Pressure unit.
00:29
Engine 16 for a refuse fire, near Shore Drive at 7-Eleven, TAC 5, TAC 5 at 2237.
00:37
Medic 1 is responding.
00:39
Medic 1, at the request of engine 2.
00:42
One will be blackened with injuries at East 27 Street and Church Street for a second medic at 2258.
00:50
Engine 2, Medic 1.
00:52
Go ahead.
00:55
Hey, if you would, come up Monticello to 26 to Armistead. It's going to be your best access.
01:01
Got it.
01:06
Engine 10, you're on TAC4. Drop to TAC 2.
01:10
Ladder Tintra.
01:13
Rapp. Inj Tension, Rob.
01:16
Okay.
01:21
Tying 1. Engine 10, Ladder 10, Mediq 10 for cardiac arrest, Purtt, Washington High School at 1111 Park Avenue.
01:28
It's going to be a male that fell off the Lime Scooter.
01:31
He's bleeding from his head. He is not breathing. CPR is in progress.
01:36
2259.
01:40
Is it 7 arrest?
01:43
2259.
01:48
Possibly breathing at this time for the cardiac arrest.
01:53
It's just 16 for the route.
01:59
16 for refuse fire, near Shore Drive at 7-Eleven. It's going to be the same man that we already advised about for a possible arson. He was at the soaps and suds earlier and set some items on fire,
02:12
pushing a shopping cart.
02:14
Now,
02:16
it seems like the same description of the gentleman.
02:19
Now he's moved to the 7-Eleven, male, chubby, 40s, 5-foot shaved head.
02:26
Behind the store near the dumpster on top of a barrel, he set some items on fire here as well.
02:32
$2,300.

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Near Shore Dr, Norfolk, VA 23518
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