ROAN MOUNTAIN â A quick response from volunteer firefighters and state and local forestry personnel brought a forest fire off Tiger Creek Road to a stop after about 30 acres were burned on Wednesday and Thursday.
Carter County Emergency Management Director Billy Harrell said he spoke with James Heaton, forestry technician with the Tennessee Division of Forestry, around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. âHe said the fire was out and most of them were pulling out,â Harrell said.
Firefighters from the Roan Mountain Volunteer Fire Department and the Hampton-Valley Forge Volunteer Fire Department and crew members from the Cherokee National Forest battled the blaze with the state division of forestry.