LOCAL VFD'S PUT OUT FIELD FIRE IN WEST TODD COUNTY

            TWO LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS MADE SHORT WORK OF A SPREADING FIELD FIRE THIS MORNING.

            THE BLAZE WAS ON THE MARKHAM ROAD IN FAR WESTERN TODD COUNTY AND THE CALL WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER 9 FOR THE HONEY GROVE AND FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS. CREWS HAD THE BLAZE PUT OUT BY ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER 10 O’CLOCK.

            THE HIGH WINDS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN FUELING FIRES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE, WITH SEVERAL CHANCES OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST TO HOPEFULLY DIMINISH THE DANGER.

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11/14/2011/AM