Lynn Fire Chief Tim Harris shows destruction of one of two mobile units within 50 feet of each other from a suspicious blaze that also burned an acre of wooded area.
LYNN - At least four suspicious fires in the areas of county roads 29 to 339 have occurred in the past six weeks, including the most recent fire of two unoccupied dwellings that spread into a woods fire, sparking an ongoing investigation.
Over the past six weeks, a total of five fires have occurred, two fires on County Road 339, including on that burned 100 acres, the second fire burning two structures and a wooded area, noted Lynn Assistant Fire Chief Derreck Cagle.
Three of the fires occurred on CR 70, including two suspicious in nature, the other sparked by lightning, Cagle said.
The most recent fire, occurring late Wednesday night, April 6, on CR 339, is the one that destroyed two unoccupied structures as well as a nearby wooded area, bringing response from fire departments in both Lynn and Double Springs as well as the Alabama Forestry Commission.
“I will say it’s being looked at in the daylight hours,” stressed Cagle. “We’re trying to determine the origin.
“We’ve had several suspicious wildfires break out on County Road 339,” Cagle added. “We’ve had several wildfires break out that are concerning to us.”
It was believed that a fire started in each of the two unoccupied structures, which spread to the wooded area, where one acre was burned, according to Lynn Fire Chief Tim Harris.
“There was not anything connecting the two, no burn patterns or burn lines,” Chief Harris pointed out.
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