Crews battle brush fire near Elizabethtown

Brushfire
(Photo: Elizabethtown Fire Department)

ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) — Crews worked to put out a brush fire Thursday afternoon near Elizabethtown.

The Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department and N.C. Forest Service assisted with the blaze.

“Please use extreme caution [Thursday] with any outside fires or delay any unnecessary burning as dry and windy conditions could result in an uncontrolled fire,” crews warned.

Rain is expected on Friday to help conditions improve.

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