Fire crews extinguish excavator fire deep in Bladen County woods
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) — Fire crews worked to extinguish an excavator fire deep in the woods Wednesday morning.
The Elizabethtown Fire Department says they were dispatched around 11:00 a.m. Wednesday to the area of Hwy 242 North.
Officials say the fire was around three miles off the highway in a difficult-to-access area. Therefore, equipment normally used to combat woodland fires were needed and deployed to the scene.
Mutual aid was also requested from Town of White Lake Fire Department to assist with fire attack.
The fire was able to be contained to the excavator and an area of brush around the machine.
