Calloway County, Ky.–The Calloway County Fire & Rescue department was requested by the Kentucky Department of Forestry to assist with a controlled burn that had gotten out of control. The fire originated from a large area of land being cleared, where downed trees and brush were lit for burn-off.
Upon arrival of the first unit, additional brush trucks, tankers, and manpower were requested, along with South Marshall Fire Department, who responded with a side-by-side UTV, a tanker & personnel. Crews from CCFR, South Marshall FD, and Forestry worked for approximately 2.5 hours to contain the fire and prevent further spread.
CCFR responded with 5 brush trucks, 4 tankers, 2 support trucks and 1 SxS UTV with approximately 15 firefighters. South Marshall FD responded with 2 tankers and 1 brush truck with a SxS UTV with approximately 5 firefighters to assist. A huge thank you to all firefighters & personnel who responded and worked together to bring this incident back under control, especially our friends from Marshall County who still responded to help after being at another fire call involving a boat explosion that happened just before this. We appreciate their assistance!