LEICESTER, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Fire crews from multiple agencies are battling a wildfire burning in the Leicester area after a barn fire spread into nearby woods, officials said Wednesday.
The North Carolina Forest Service said the fire had burned about 8 acres as of 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, and was 50 percent contained.
The fire is located off Carsons Trail, a small road off Hookers Gap Road. Reports in a local Leicester Facebook group first described the incident as a barn fire, a location later confirmed by Forest Service coordinates.
The Asheville Fire Department said it is providing mutual aid on the incident. The barn fire has been brought under control, but the wildland fire remains uncontrolled. The North Carolina Forest Service is managing the wildland portion of the response…