More than 43 fires are burning across eight states in the southeast from Alabama to West Virginia. There strongest need is for hand crews to go into the blaze and manually deal with it, but they’ve only had a few extra crews come to their aid.
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Not that we shouldn’t be paying attention to the Chronic Ward now planning to install itself in the Executive Branch of government, but someone ought to notice that North Carolina and Georgia are burning down.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it has authorized federal funds to reimburse costs to North Carolina to fight the Party Rock Fire burning in Rutherford and Buncombe counties. The following videos and images have been cleared from. The closure starts at N.C. 129 on the south end and N.C. 28 to the north.
Smoke coming from wildfires in the mountains of South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia could affect breathing and visibility in the Midlands, according to officials.
A major wildfire that stretches from Lake Lure to Chimney Rock has now charred more than 3,400 acres, according to the North Carolina Forest Service. That fire is considered to be the second highest priority fire in the United States. “Even the smallest of sparks can ignite these very dry fuels”.
A number of the fires are being investigated as suspected arson, but natural causes and conditions are also responsible for blazes, Haines said. “And from all indications, this is one of the worst conditions for wildfires that North Carolina has ever seen”. They said in a statement Tuesday that cloudy conditions allowed firefighters to make progress on containment. Clay County evacuations associated with that fire were lifted Sunday. The trip in total will take a minimum of 14 days, but can last longer because of lack of personnel or until the fire has been majorly contained. Satellite images show a blanket of smoke over the skies in several Southern states.
The almost month-old fire has burned primarily in the Cohutta Wilderness area of the Chattahoochee National Forest, near Georgia’s borders with Tennessee and North Carolina.
The National Weather Service was tracking smoke via weather satellites that originated in east Tennessee and North Georgia and was carried across much of the state. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture reported 74 active fires across the state at noon on Sunday, affecting more than 13,000 acres.
It’s hard work and it’s not the type of work the more than 20 Greensboro and Kernersville firefighters face here in the Triad.
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Williamson County firefighters did respond Sunday to a brush fire that burned roughly 30-40 acres off Old Harding Road near Fairview, Williamson County EMA operation manager Tim Harvey said. Twelve counties have burn bans, Phelps said.
