Firefighters fought a fire Monday that burned more than 50 acres of land near Easter Ferry Road. As temperatures shot into the high 90s Monday, it felt as if the fire could have spontaneously erupted. Firefighters from six Limestone County volunteer departments battled a fire in a soybean and wheat field off Witty Mill Road. The initial call came to Owens Volunteer Fire Department but it called for mutual aid from Piney Chapel, West Limestone, Clements, Elkmont and Athens firefighters. The fire call came in around 3:19 p.m. By 5 p.m., the fire had created a swatch of black scorch from Witty Mill east to the timberline.
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Tuesday evening, Elkmont was called out to back up Oak Grove Thatch because of an 18 wheeler fire close to the Elkmont exit on I-65 that caught the grass on fire and it quickly spread into the woods. Both departments battled the blazes as well as heat for about an hour before getting it under control and finally extinguished. Please don't burn until we get some rain.
Reporter: Melissa Carter
Photographer: Robby Newport on his cell phone
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