ragged mountain fire


Toomy triumphant: Ragged Mountain fire case fizzles Published on Jun 7th, 2011 4 comments A man living near the infamous February wildfire that scorched hundreds of acres in Western Albemarle testified that he saw a distinctive male figure on a John Deere tractor ignite a ruinous blaze on...
Trial continued: As Ragged fields erupt in green Published on Mar 25th, 2011 4 comments The criminal trial has been pushed back, but the burned fields of Ragged Mountain Farm have recently emerged to look greener than the surrounding fields spared from flames during the recent 609-acre...
Ragged cost: Wildfire tally nears quarter-million mark Published on Mar 17th, 2011 8 comments As the criminal trial nears, tallies of suppression costs and property losses have begun in the so-called Ragged Mountain Fire, and the price-tag appears to have neared the quarter-million-dollar...
Charges filed: Ousted developer Toomy blamed for fire Published on Mar 1st, 2011 32 comments It's been a tough time for Alex Toomy. Last year, he moved out of the 7,000-square-foot house he built on 106 acres and lost, via foreclosure, the adjacent Ragged Mountain subdivision he'd developed...
Ragged indeed: Neighbors say dormant burn pile sparked massive blaze Published on Feb 19th, 2011 93 comments Could it be that somebody in Ivy didn't get the memo that Saturday, February 19, was a "red flag day," a time of high winds and dry conditions that were prime time for fanning a fire? According to...