Eight fire departments from Lee and Russell counties responded to multiple brush fires in the Crawford community Saturday afternoon.
At approximately 12:05 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, multiple wooded areas along Bleeker Road, also known as Lee Road 179, caught fire. Around the same time, another fire broke out along U.S. Highway 80 West near Pharris Road.
Fire departments from Crawford, Dixie, Uchee, Ladonia, Fort Mitchell, Seale, Smiths Station and Beauregard responded to the fires…