11 departments respond to fire in Nelson County
Eleven fire departments are working to put out a fire in Nelson County.Fire crews were first called to the scene just after 1 p.m. Thursday. The fire was reported on Hurricane Hills Drive in Boston. At one point, the fire threatened several structures.Crews from Bullitt, Nelson and Hardin counties were called in to help control the flames.Lebanon-Junction Fire Department Chief Alex Coleman said Mother Nature made the work difficult."The high winds, they took over real quick. They ran us out. We were cutting firebreaks down the line there and every time we'd cut a good break - 20, 30 feet wide - it would jump and it would take off," Coleman said.The fire was contained late Thursday evening and crews mopped up hot spots.Between 70 and 80 acres burned.Coleman said that, despite how it looks, the grass will return next year, greener and thicker from the fire.
NELSON COUNTY, Ky. —
Eleven fire departments are working to put out a fire in Nelson County.
Fire crews were first called to the scene just after 1 p.m. Thursday.
The fire was reported on Hurricane Hills Drive in Boston.
At one point, the fire threatened several structures.
Crews from Bullitt, Nelson and Hardin counties were called in to help control the flames.
Lebanon-Junction Fire Department Chief Alex Coleman said Mother Nature made the work difficult.
"The high winds, they took over real quick. They ran us out. We were cutting firebreaks down the line there and every time we'd cut a good break - 20, 30 feet wide - it would jump and it would take off," Coleman said.
The fire was contained late Thursday evening and crews mopped up hot spots.
Between 70 and 80 acres burned.
Coleman said that, despite how it looks, the grass will return next year, greener and thicker from the fire.