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Firefighters Battle Brush Fire On State Line
July 19, 2009
Firefighters battled a large, slow-moving brush fire on the state line south of Wawbeek, Ala., Saturday afternoon.
The fire was reported about 5:00 on Wawbeek Road between Glass Dairy Road in Alabama and Highway 168 in Florida. The fire was burning in 10 to 15 acres of pine trees.
The Century, Walnut Hill and McDavid stations of Escambia Fire Rescue battled the blaze. The Florida Division of Forestry was called to scene to plow a line around the fire.
There were no structures threatened by the fire, and there were no injuries. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.
NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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