Update on the Sunset Road Fire
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The North Carolina Forest service provides an update on the Sunset Road Fire in Brunswick County.
According to a press release, fire personnel were able to make another drone flight to detect areas of heat on the fire.
“The main focus now is seek-and-destroy missions. We see smoke on the landscape, we go chase it. We see heat on the drone’s infrared imagery, we go chase it. Rinse and repeat, until we feel confident this thing will not come back to life,” says Incident Commander Trainee Josh Bell.
Crews are using dozer operations to knock down piled berms that are holding heat. Engine crews are spraying large amounts of water on hot spots to drown out the fire.
Incident operations also requested additional helicopter water drops Wednesday, targeting the southwest section of the fire that continues to hold a good amount of heat in the ground.
Fire containment has increased to 27% as of Thursday morning. The fire’s acreage remains at 1,331 acres.
The cause of the wildfire is under investigation.
No homes have been destroyed.
