As people headed out for Memorial Day weekend, one fire department battled five separate fires.
The Forrest City Fire Department assisted to a call around 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 26, to a Palestine structure fire. Crews say no one suffered injuries.
Fast forward several hours, the Forrest City Fire Department got word of a second structure fire in Palestine around 5 a.m. Saturday.
FCFD assisted the Palestine Fire Department and other fire crews in putting out the fire.
The structure was a total loss.
Fire crews responded to a third structure fire not even an hour later. No word yet on injuries.
Around 11 a.m. on Saturday, the FCFD got word of a camper on fire. Fire crews said the camper was “so far back that they had to hike in water cans.”
The camper was a total loss before crews could arrive. A little before noon, the fire department continued their Memorial Day weekend fire count with an electrical fire.