Fire scorched several acres of brush on Mineral Springs Mountain. Read more about the response to the fire, when meteorologists expect relief from dry conditions and when burn bans could be lifted here.
Conditions are so dry in Burke County right now, officials say they re comparable to drought conditions when wildfire broke out on Chestnut Knob at South Mountains State Park in 2016.
Fire officials are asking the public not to burn anything because of significantly dry conditions. At one point Saturday, firefighters from 12 departments were fighting four separate outside fires.