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More than 4,000 acres burned in Anderson County, state records say

Posted at 4:42 pm November 11, 2016
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More than 4,000 acres have burned this month in four fires in rugged, forested parts of north Anderson County, state officials said Thursday. Smoke hangs high in the air above the mountains north of Oliver Springs on Thursday evening, Nov. 10, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was updated at 3:20 p.m. Nov. 12.

NEW RIVER—More than 4,000 acres have burned this month in five fires in mountainous north Anderson County, state officials said.

In Anderson County, 4,235 acres had been burned by the five fires as of Saturday afternoon, according to an update posted by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry. That was the most acres burned by fires that were still active in Tennessee on Saturday.

Arson is listed as the cause of four of the Anderson County fires, according to the update. Debris is the cause of another.

Smoke from at least two fires hung high above the mountains north of Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs on Thursday evening. It reduced visibility to a few hundred feet on the northernmost section of Highway 116 in rural Anderson County on Friday morning. Smoke was thick near a bridge at a 90-degree bend in the highway at the Campbell County line in northern Anderson County, irritating throats and making it harder to breathe. Firefighters said there was a nearby fire that they called Bootjack, up Stoney Fork Road, which goes north into Campbell County. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Fire, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Slider, Tennessee Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County fires, Beech Grove Fire, Bruce Miller, Campbell County, Charlie Branch Lane, Division of Forestry, Double Camp Fire, fires, Gilmore Trail, Highway 116, New River, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Tennessee Division of Forestry, Windrock Road

Arson suspected in three fires that burn close to 2,000 acres in Anderson County

Posted at 9:14 am November 9, 2016
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The Tennessee Division of Forestry said on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, that the 900-acre Beech Grove fire in Devonia along Highway 116 in north Anderson County was contained. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was updated at 11:20 a.m. Nov. 10.

NEW RIVER—Arson is suspected in three fires that have burned close to 2,000 acres in mountainous north Anderson County in the past week, authorities said Tuesday.

The largest fire, the Three Heads Fire in Double Camp behind Rosedale Elementary School on Highway 116, was estimated to have started on November 2. Crews had been holding it at about 1,500 acres, but someone went in behind firefighters and restarted the fire in a mountain gap about two days ago, said Bruce Miller, Tennessee Division of Forestry forestry technician in Anderson County.

Crews had to go to the north end of Anderson County to cut off the fire, which has grown to 1,600 acres, Miller said.

“It’s going to get bigger,” he said.

The fire is northeast of the Tennessee Valley Authority wind turbines on Buffalo Mountain, which are visible from Oak Ridge on a clear day. No personal property was reported to be at risk on Tuesday morning. A Tennessee Division of Forestry bulldozer was headed to the fire when Oak Ridge Today interviewed Miller in New River. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Tennessee Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, arson, Beech Grove Fire, Bruce Miller, Buffalo Mountain, Double Camp, fire, Gilmore Trail, Mike Lewallen, New River, New River General Store, Philip Warfield, Rosedale Elementary School, Roy Burchfield, Scotty Phillips, Southern Coal Corporation, Sugar Ridge Fire, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Tennessee Department of Agriculture Crime Unit, Tennessee Division of Forestry, Tennessee Valley Authority, Three Heads Fire, Tioga Cemetery, Travis Russ, Volunteer Trenching, Warren Carroll

Hunting fire might have started OS forest fire, official says

Posted at 8:52 pm November 24, 2015
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A hunting fire might have started a fire on Walden Ridge near downtown Oliver Springs on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 24, 2015, a state official said. Firefighters set up fire lines in a 12-acre area to control and contain the fire. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 9:40 a.m. Nov. 25.

OLIVER SPRINGS—A hunting fire might have started the Tuesday afternoon fire on Walden Ridge near downtown Oliver Springs, a state official said.

The fire was reported to have covered about one to two acres. Firefighters contained it to a 12-acre area, said Bruce Miller of the Tennessee Division of Forestry in Anderson County.

Smoke was reported in the area at about 1:50 p.m. Tuesday.

The fire was on a steep, rough, rocky hillside above Railroad Avenue near downtown Oliver Springs. Firefighters used hand tools and leaf blowers to dig fire lines, and they had the fire controlled by about 7 p.m. Miller expected it to be contained within the hour. State officials would check on the fire Wednesday morning, he said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blair, Fire, Marlow, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Slider, Tennessee Tagged With: Anderson County, Blair, Bruce Miller, fire, Justin Bailey, Marlow, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Railroad Avenue, Shelley Davis, Tennessee Division of Forestry, Walden Ridge

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