Kentucky Reports Brush Fires
- {Frankfort, Kentucky}...More than a dozen brush fires were reported in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio Sunday. In Greenup County, a brush fire was reported in the Little Sandy fire district off the Industrial Turnpike. In Martin County one fire was reported in Inez. A serious brush fire happened in Vanceburg in Lewis County, Kentucky. Firefighters fought that fire until Sunday evening. Wade Maggard with the Kentucky River District Division of Forestry says, Saturday alone, the Kentucky River District had 13 wildfires, and a large majority of them could have been avoided. Officials say most wildfires that were started this weekend were not simple brush fires but they were actually arsons.
