Chapel Hill Fire and Rescue crews responded to a brush fire in the area of Seawell Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon and evening, closing the road for several hours to fight the flames.
A release from the Town of Chapel Hill at 7:47 p.m. said Seawell School Road was closed between the entrance to the elementary school and Hanover Place as Chapel Hill Fire and other local crews attended to a brush fire in the wooded area just south of the campus. A report of a potential brush fire came in just before 4:30 p.m., according to the alert, with crews closing Seawell School Road to traffic around 6 p.m.
“Our crews have this fire under control and it’s not threatening any buildings. We’re working carefully to extinguish it,” Chapel Hill Fire Chief Jay Mebane said in the release. “The road is closed to protect first responders who are along the road. Right now, we’re asking folks to avoid this area.”
There are no reports of injuries from the incident as of Wednesday night. Firefighters expect the smell and haze from the smoke will remain in the neighborhood overnight and Chapel Hill asked community members “who are sensitive to smoky conditions limit their time outside.”
New Hope Volunteer Fire Department, Carrboro Fire Department, and the North Carolina Forestry Service assisted Chapel Hill Fire crews at the scene, according to the town.
The brush fire comes amid a spate of recent fires locally, as Orange County and much of North Carolina suffer severe drought conditions. In addition to a house fire along Erwin Road on Monday that displaced eight people, one resident died from a blaze at their home on Redbud Lane on May 11, while two separate apartment fires in Carrboro displaced dozens of others on April 16 and May 4 — the latter of which also killed one resident. The Chatham County community has also experienced recent fires, with a house fire along Manns Chapel Road killing two residents in April and fire at a Pittsboro golf course destroying a building and fleet of golf carts on May 8.
Featured photo via the Chapel Hill Media Group.
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