{
  "id": "2025-03-11-duke-university-al-buehler-trail-fire",
  "slug": "duke-university-al-buehler-trail-fire-2025-03-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Duke University",
    "shortName": "Duke",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "DukeALERT",
    "enrollment": 17000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-11",
    "type": "fire",
    "cleryCategory": "community-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Advisory after a forest fire along the Al Buehler Trail near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Advisory after a forest fire along the Al Buehler Trail near campus",
    "summary": "Duke University [published a public safety notice](https://today.duke.edu/2025/03/fire-reported-along-al-buehler-trail) concerning this incident. Full text is preserved from Duke Today / Campus Police public communications.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status and guidance.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on Duke Today around 2025-03-11",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Fire Reported Along Al Buehler Trail\n\nThe Durham Fire Department and other emergency personnel have responded to a fire in forest along the Al Buehler Trail near Highway 751 and Erwin Road.\n\nThe fire, which is located about 100 yards from the parking lot located off Highway 751 near the Erwin Road intersection, is expected to be contained shortly. There is a lot of smoke, and community members are advised to avoid the trail area.\n\nTraffic along Highway 751 may be limited to one lane due to emergency vehicles.\n\nUpdates will be provided as more information becomes available.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://today.duke.edu/2025/03/fire-reported-along-al-buehler-trail",
      "sourceDescription": "Duke Today public safety notice (today.duke.edu)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text recovered from Duke Today public page body"
      ],
      "characterCount": 579
    }
  ],
  "context": "On 2025-03-11, [Duke University](https://www.duke.edu/) posted a public safety notice via [Duke Today](https://today.duke.edu/2025/03/fire-reported-along-al-buehler-trail), the university's public news and safety communications channel also indexed from [Campus Police news/RSS](https://police.duke.edu/news/rss.xml).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official university-published safety notice with complete public text",
    "Captured for Ivy Plus deep pass from Duke Today / police RSS index"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Al Buehler Trail Forest Fire: Smoke and Avoid-Area Guidance",
      "url": "https://today.duke.edu/2025/03/fire-reported-along-al-buehler-trail",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
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      "title": "Duke Campus Police news RSS",
      "url": "https://police.duke.edu/news/rss.xml",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Duke Campus Police news & safety statistics",
      "url": "https://police.duke.edu/news-stats/",
      "type": "official"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "fire",
    "smoke",
    "community-notification",
    "duke"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}