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For
Immediate Release
Watauga
County, NC (November 30, 2016-9:30 AM)
The
Horton fire is 90% contained and 1,450 acres. There are approximately 50
resources on the fire. Firefighters will continue to monitor and patrol the
perimeter, extinguishing hotspots. Although the rain significantly cooled
surface heat, only a ¼ inch of was received overnight. This is not enough moisture
to cool deep-seated pockets of heat that hold out in stump holes.
Steep
terrain, hidden hotspots and snags pose hazards to firefighters mopping up
hotspots. Fire managers are developing a rehabilitation plan with North
Carolina State Forest Service for the Horton Fire area. This plan involves, to
the extent possible, returning the landscape that has been modified during
firefighting operations to its original state.
The
Incident Command Post has moved to the Blowing Rock Fire Department. Information
for Horton Fire will be posted through Friday on HortonFire.blogspot.com, Twitter @FireHorton, and on the Watauga County Emergency Management Facebook
page. The
Horton Fire information line (828-201-2885) will be active through 5:00 p.m. on
Friday, December 2.
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