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East Tennessee arsons account for half of burned acres

Posted at 8:04 pm December 11, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

More than half the acres burned by arson in Tennessee since November were from 40 fires set in Anderson, Campbell, Hawkins and Scott counties, state officials said Tuesday.

The rash of wildfires before and after Thanksgiving are being investigated as arsons. In Anderson County, they included a 225-acre fire on Walden Ridge, a 375-acre fire at Graves Gap, and another 150-acre fire on Redoak Mountain. All three were in northern Anderson County.

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Filed Under: Government, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Agricultural Crime Unit, Anderson County, arsons, Campbell County, Division of Forestry, East Tennessee, fires, Graves Gap, Hawkins County, Redoak Mountain, Scott County, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Walden Ridge

New 150-acre fire reported on Redoak Mountain on Anderson-Campbell line

Posted at 2:24 pm November 25, 2012
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Redoak Mountain Aerial View

The area of Redoak Mountain east of New River Highway in northern Anderson County, where a 150-acre fire was reported Sunday afternoon. Anderson County is on the south side of the black Anderson-Campbell county line. (Image courtesy of Nathan M. Waters/Tennessee Division of Forestry)

Tennessee firefighters reported a new fire on Redoak Mountain on the Anderson-Campbell county line early Sunday afternoon.

The fire was initially estimated at about 100 acres, and firefighters were responding from the Tennessee Division of Forestry and Claiborne County. There are several houses on the Anderson County side, said Nathan M. Waters, Tennessee Forestry Division assistant district forester.

The fire is off Highway 116, which is also known as New River Highway in northern Anderson County. It’s in steep, strip-mining country west of Briceville and in an area close to the Graves Gap fire that was reported as a 100-acre fire on Thanksgiving but grew to 375 acres on Friday.

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Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, arson, Campbell County, Claiborne County, fire, Highway 116, Nathan M. Waters, New River Highway, Redoak Mountain, Tennessee Division of Forestry

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