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Firefighters Kept Busy With Brush Fires
March 9, 2015
Firefighters battled multiple brush fires Sunday afternoon, including two fires near Walnut Hill.
The fires near Walnut Hill were about 15 miles apart and unrelated, but both were reported at nearly the same time, stretching firefighter resources between the two. One fire was an apparent controlled burn that jumped a fire line on Deer Lake Road near Pine Forest Road. The other was along South Highway 99 near Leandras Lane, burning along both sides of the highway and into a wooded area. The fire also burned several railroad ties on tracks parallel to the highway.
Firefighters from Walnut Hill, Molino, McDavid and Century were dispatched to the fires.
The Molino Station of Escambia Fire Rescue also responded to a quarter-acre fire in the 7500 block of Brickton Road Saturday afternoon. A resident advised the fire was sparked by his string trimmer.
And 7:15 Sunday night, the McDavid, Molino, Walnut Hill, Century and Flomaton stations were dispatched to a wildfire up to about half acre in size at the railroad tracks on Bluff Springs Road. That fire was extinguished in a matter of minutes.
Pictured: Firefighters battle a brush fire along South Highway 99 and adjacent railroad tracks Sunday afternoon near Walnut Hill. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “Firefighters Kept Busy With Brush Fires”
Yes we had one by our house off of blue angel and pawnee and thank GOD I saw it coming in from work. It was in the woods behind the neighbors house a whole tree on fire!! so several fireman responded and had a hard time getting to it through the woods and they said 2 acres had burned. they stayed all night and got it put out. And where it was located nobody would have seen it until the next morning so I’m glad I was working late that night!
There was also one Sunday afternoon around the intersection of Jacks Branch Rd and Vantage. Probably not big enough to report with so many, but a few engines showed up for about a half-hour.