Drought causes ACFD to ban burning; state issues fire alert

Firefighters with the Alexander City Fire Department responded to a small grass fire on Campground Road which likely started with a cigarette thrown from the car. The fire was quickly put out with a hose from the ACFD brush truck.

The drought has caused the Alexander City Fire Department to ban burning and the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) has further restricted burning in the state.

“We will not issue burn permits until further notice,” ACFD Capt. Jeff Brewer said Wednesday. “We need rain.”

Cliff Williams is a staff writer for Tallapoosa Publishers.