Disasters · Jackson County fireJackson County fire reaches 60% containment after threatening structuresAired October 26, 2026 at 6:12 AM UTCWritten October 26, 2026 at 6:17 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07Firefighters pushed a woods fire to sixty percent containment.0:10A few structures near Elmer Hamilton Road in Mississippi were threatened, and crews0:13were protecting them.0:15The unresolved danger is whether those structures are still at risk.0:22Containment rose from twenty-five percent in the afternoon to sixty percent by0:25eight, thirty Sunday evening, October twenty five.0:28That was substantial progress, but crews still hadn't fully contained the fire.0:32The Mississippi Forestry Commission was responding alongside Jackson County Fire0:36Rescue.0:36The evening assessment describes their progress on Sunday night.0:39People near the fire still need to know what happened to the structures crews were0:43protecting.0:43The fire began in woods off Elmer Hamilton Road in the Wade area.0:47That's north of Mississippi Highway614 and east of Highway63 .0:51Those roads identify the reported location.0:54The fire's boundaries haven't been mapped publicly.0:56The first calls about the fire came just before two Sunday afternoon.0:59By four, the burned area was at least ten acres.1:02The afternoon containment assessment put the fire at twenty-five percent.1:06Officials put the burned area above twenty five acres in the evening update,1:10replacing the earlier estimate of at least ten acres.1:12The precise acreage still needs clarification.1:15The larger area estimate came alongside the improvement in containment.1:18Earl Etheridge, the county's emergency management director, said a few structures1:22were threatened later that afternoon.1:23Jackson County Fire Rescue was protecting them.1:25Kevin Kraft of the Mississippi Forestry Commission supplied the evening containment1:29assessment.1:30Crews had made progress containing the fire, but nobody has given an all, clear for1:34those structures.1:35Their later condition is still unknown, and officials haven't said whether any1:39protective orders have since been issued.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗
