VIDEO: Two brush fires are now spread over 200 acres threatening people’s homes in Wilsonville and Four Mile, according to the Alabama Forestry Commission.
The original fire at 2650 County Road 51 now covers 200 acres, public information officer Coleen Vansant said in a statement. Crews have been working to plow a line around it to get it under control.
A second fire was reported at 853 County Road 41 at Wilsonville covering an undetermined number of acres. Smoke can be seen for miles above the town. Right now, the Four Mile Fire Department is on the scene protecting homes that are threatened by it.
Sherri Haltiwanger evacuated her home early and got her horses to safety.
“It’s dangerous, it’s scary,” Haltiwanger said. “All of our fields are made of gasoline, they’re hayfields.”