Beaver-Damaged Tree Triggers Small Woods Fire in Pinebluff
Fire crews in Moore County responded to an unusual cause of a woods fire in the Pinebluff area Sunday afternoon — a tree that had been damaged by a beaver. Pinebluff Fire and Rescue and the North Carolina Forest Service were called to rural farmland after a beaver-gnawed tree was knocked over by strong winds. […]
Trailer Sparks Ignite Multiple Roadside Fires Near Hamlet
Fire crews in Richmond County were called into action Wednesday after sparks from a vehicle pulling a metal trailer ignited multiple grass fires west of Hamlet. Officials say metal from the trailer was dragging along the pavement, creating sparks that caught dry roadside grass on fire along Freeman Mill Road and Battley Dairy Road. In […]