Fire and possible explosion reported, later explained - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

4/29/09

Fire and possible explosion reported, later explained

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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - At 4:25 p.m. Wednesday the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office indicated that an emergency response had been called off for a report of a fire and possible explosion to the southwest of Lubbock. 

The original report came in just before 4 p.m. and smoke could be seen for several miles, but firefighters in the area of Woodrow and Upland discovered it was a controlled burn.

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