Dry conditions spark Buchanan brush fire

Several acres scorched, multiple agencies respond

  • A 10-acre fire burned less than a dozen acres on Long Mountain near Lake Buchanan on Saturday, Sept. 18. Photos contributed/Buchanan VFD
    A 10-acre fire burned less than a dozen acres on Long Mountain near Lake Buchanan on Saturday, Sept. 18. Photos contributed/Buchanan VFD
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A busy weekend for a rural department turned out to be a demonstration of teamwork and good use of resources by several firefighting and first responder agencies. Officials confirmed that it took approximately eight hours Sept. 18 to get a runaway brush fire in thick brush on a steep canyon on the south side Long Mountain under control. “This one tested all of us,” stated a post on social media…

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