Update: Pope County Wildfire Still Burning
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: July 5, 2012
Update (July 5, 10:50 a.m.)
The fire is still burning but is contained.
Firefighters are standing by watching the fire but they're unable to spray water on it due to a lack of water.
Update (July 3, 7:25 p.m.)
Officials are saying that the wildfire near Atkins is now 70% contained.
Those people that were evacuated are now being able to return to their homes.
Still no cause on the fire.
Original story (July 3, 5:19 p.m.:
Crews are battling a wildfire in Pope County and running out of water.
Click the video to see the smoke from the fire in iPhone video shot by a KARK 4 crew on the way to the scene around five o'clock this afternoon.
The blaze broke out about three o'clock along Pea Ridge near Moreland.
Emergency officials are evacuating at least 100 homes near Highway 105 and St. Joe Road, also Merdock Road, Hartwick Lane, and all the way up to Isabell Creek Lane.
The area is about 40 acres.
The cause is not yet known.
The fire is still burning but is contained.
Firefighters are standing by watching the fire but they're unable to spray water on it due to a lack of water.
Update (July 3, 7:25 p.m.)
Officials are saying that the wildfire near Atkins is now 70% contained.
Those people that were evacuated are now being able to return to their homes.
Still no cause on the fire.
Original story (July 3, 5:19 p.m.:
Crews are battling a wildfire in Pope County and running out of water.
Click the video to see the smoke from the fire in iPhone video shot by a KARK 4 crew on the way to the scene around five o'clock this afternoon.
The blaze broke out about three o'clock along Pea Ridge near Moreland.
Emergency officials are evacuating at least 100 homes near Highway 105 and St. Joe Road, also Merdock Road, Hartwick Lane, and all the way up to Isabell Creek Lane.
The area is about 40 acres.
The cause is not yet known.
