A fire blazing through more than 2,000 acres in Carroll County led to evacuations from 10 homes Friday, a state fire official said Friday afternoon.
Residents of homes on County Roads 163, 218 and 360 were being evacuated, Chris Burnham with the Mississippi Forestry Commission said just before 5 p.m. Friday.
The fire encompassed 2,400 acres, an increase of 600 acres from what Burnham had reported at 4:10 p.m. Friday, when 45% of the blaze was contained.
The cause of the fire was not known Friday, but Burnham said weather conditions, from a front pushing in to high winds and low humidity, were a factor, as well as a drought.
Ken Strachan, the county’s emergency management director, said his office received an alert at 3:23 p.m. Friday about a grass fire along County Road 145.
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