Wildfire containment lines hold as firefighting reinforcements arrive
More than 100 firefighters are now battling the blaze that encompasses nearly 3,000 acres.
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More than 100 firefighters are now battling the blaze that encompasses nearly 3,000 acres.
Officials have declared a state of emergency in a western North Carolina community where a wildfire has burned hundreds of acres and is threatening dozens of homes.CBS-19 out of Charlottesville reported that crews are also fighting several separate fires in forested areas of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky as wide swaths of those states face moderate to severe drought conditions and warmer-than-normal temperatures.
The blaze had consumed roughly 2,800 acres of public, private and park land.
“The anticipated effects of this situation constitute a disaster,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Tuesday.
Virginia is under a state of emergency and National Guard troops have been deployed to the scene of the Quaker Run Fire as the blaze continues to jump fire lines and spread into Shenandoah National Park.