Varina residents 'overwhelmed' after brush fire: 'You're at the mercy of the element'

Varina resident Jeff Varljen says he was talking with his neighbor Monday when he suddenly smelled smoke in the air. “Lots of people have different fire pits all up and down the road," Varljen said. "We didn’t think much of it.” Twenty minutes later, the Varljen came outside and saw the plumes of smoke moving over his house. “It took off like a racecar. It escalated very quickly.” (Click here to continue reading this article on WTVR.com, a Henrico Citizen content partner.)

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