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Friday, 29 August 2008
Small Fires Extinguished in Narrows, Shawsville Areas PDF Print E-mail
Written by EverythingNRV.com   

The Virginia Department of Forestry, along with local firefighters, battled a pair of brush fires in both Narrows and Shawsville Thursday and Friday.

 

According to Regional Forester Chuck Hutsell, about 150 to 200 acres burned on Stock Pen Mountain in the Town of Narrows. The fire was reported around 5 p.m. on Thursday.

 

As of Friday afternoon, the Narrows fire was about 40 percent contained. By Saturday morning both fires had been contained. No homes were damaged in the fire.

 

You can see photos of the fires on our photo gallery here on EverythingNRV.com.

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