Dry weather contributing to grass fires

Dry weather contributing to grass fires

Dry weather contributing to grass fires

Putting it out: Forrest City firefighters Stanley Anderson, left, and Justin Marquis, had a busy afternoon on Monday, fighting a grass fire on Barrow Hill Road. Firefighters made two trips to the location to extinguish a fire in the woods near the roadway. The department also fought three other grass fires yesterday. Photo by Kendall Owens.

The Forrest City Fire Department stayed busy Monday with five grass fires, four of which started within a one-hour time period.

According to reports from the FCFD, firefighters were called to Barrow Hill Road at around 4:20 p.m., to a fire invo...

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