Fire flame swallows more than 80 acres of land in Arkansas

Wynne, Arkansas – On Tuesday night, after the fire burned the area bringing fire crews and community members out to fight it, more than 80 acres of land burned in Wynne, Arkansas.

The following day Wynne Fire Department shared the video on Facebook, where fire lighting up the night behind trees could be seen.

It all started around 6:15 p.m. when WFD responded to reports of a fire in the woods on County Road 376. Once firefighters arrived, they found about 2-3 acres of fire in the woods and another 45 acres of sage grass pasture burning.

According to the department, another 40 acres had burned by the time WFD’s mutual aid arrived.

In order to quickly bring it under control, Arkansas Forestry Commission was able to assess the fire and cut a fire line.