SPRINGVILLE - NOVEMBER 23, 2022 - Children burning boxes from a burn pit got out of control Wednesday afternoon near Springville,
Indian Creek Fire Chief Monte Wright fights a brush fire near Springville
The Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a field fire at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Bedford Street and Indiana State Road 54.
Firefighters requested an additional brush truck and manpower from the Indian Creek Township to help get the fire under control.
Lawrence County Deputy Andrew Phillips talks with Perry Township Volunteer firefighter Mark Baker following a field fire near Bedford Street in Springville. The deputy was just in the area when the fire broke out. There are no burn bans in Lawrence County
Approximately one to two acres burned before firefighters was able to get the fire out.
Dry windy conditions keep firefighters busy fighting wildland fires from August to November which the fire season has been expanded.
Over 100 acres burned in Brown County State Park on Sunday sending several fire departments and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to fight that fire.
Indian Creek Township, Perry Township, Marshall and Oolitic Volunteer Fire Department responded to a field fire that extended into a barn Tuesday.
An open burn on Fay/Owen Road led to a field fire that wind pushed into a barn Tuesday afternoon
Locally, Marion Township, Mitchell, U.S. Forestry Service and Huron fire departments responded or placed on stand-by due to two-acre fire on Burton Cemetery Road. Tuesday afternoon.
Marshall Township Volunteer Fire Department responded to a wildland fire in the 1500 block of Judah/Logan Road on Wednesday night.
Due to dry conditions fire officials are requesting that no one do any open burning at this time. The recommendation is falling on deaf ears and burn bans seem to be ineffective throughout southern Indiana.
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