# Big fire in Maryland?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fire-in-maryland/963367>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 24, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fire-in-maryland/963367 "2022-04-24T19:32:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fire-in-maryland/963367/1 "2022-04-24T19:32:08Z")

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Last Thursday at 10:30-11:00 am I was travelling north on Rt 113 from Chincoteague, Va. to Assateague, Maryland. In the distant northwest here was a huge plume of black smoke. I checked local news sites via Google and couldn’t find anything. Does anyone have any idea about what was burning? A controlled burn, maybe? We have those where I live but this smoke was very black, like a fuel fire or something. .

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fire-in-maryland/963367/2 "2022-05-13T16:00:46Z")

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Possibly this fire in Ashburn, VA?

> **[Electric vehicle charging malfunction sparked Ashburn fire that caused over...](https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2022/04/electric-vehicle-charging-malfunction-sparked-ashburn-fire-that-caused-over-15k-in-damages/)**
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> A garage fire in Ashburn, Virginia, that caused more than $15,000 in damage started because of an electric vehicle charging malfunction.

Or this one on Mt Airy,

[https://www.wfmd.com/2022/04/21/fire-heavily-damages-equipment-barn-in-mt-airy/](https://www.wfmd.com/2022/04/21/fire-heavily-damages-equipment-barn-in-mt-airy/)

~Max

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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fire-in-maryland/963367/3 "2022-05-14T13:43:24Z")

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The Ashburn fire fits the time and direction but, at 160 miles away, I doubt that was it. Oh, well it remains a mystery.