One firefighter explained that a brush and field fire was triggered after this abandoned house at Grantsboro caught fire Wednesday afternoon.

CARYVILLE, TN (WLAF) – It’s been a day of fires around Campbell County after the day began with the death of three adults in a mobile home fire at Caryville.

It’s been a busy day for firefighters.

Since, the Campbell County Rural Fire Service has fought a brush fire on Cove Pointe followed by a shed fire off Lick Creek. At this hour, the CCRFS and the La Follette Fire Department are fighting a fire at an abandoned house in the Grantsboro Community on Chestnut Stump Road. “From there on Chestnut Stump, a field and the woods caught on fire,” said LFD Chief Jimmy Pack.

Firefighters battled fires on this very windy day.

The Tennessee Division of Forestry and LUB also responded. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 02/16/2022-3:30PM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF LFD FIRE CHIEF JIMMY PACK)

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