Fire burns 4,400 acres of wildlife refuge, Alabama marshland
Published 5:30 pm Tuesday, February 16, 2016
GRAND BAY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials say they’re planning to resume air operations and clear debris from a wildfire that began near a wildlife refuge in Mississippi and crossed into Alabama marshland.
Spokeswoman Candice Stevenson said in an emailed statement that authorities plan to fly over the burned area Tuesday after severe storms on Monday grounded air operations.
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Officials say a fire at the Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge has burned roughly 4,400 acres and is about 50 percent contained.
Stevenson has said the blaze appears to have started on private property and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Officials say the Alabama and Mississippi forestry commissions, the Jackson County Mississippi Office of Emergency Services, and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources are helping respond to the blaze.
