Four different fires broke out across the county Thursday as weather conditions were perfect for rekindling previously controlled burns.

The first fire was on Brown Lane, just off Jefferson Road, and reignited from a controlled burn from over the weekend. The sparks spread burning approximately one and one-half acres before fire fighters could extinguish the blaze.

The next rekindle was on Old Snow Hill Road. The land owner had burned a tree stump, winds blew embers into the yard causing damage to one-tenth of an acre of the property.

An enormous, quickly spreading fire caught and loped across several acres in the early afternoon on Jacobs Pillar Road. A land owner who had previously burned a brush pile in the corner of a processed corn field saw 50-60 acres quickly raging in flames. Another controlled burn which happened over the precious weekend, the winds and low humidity found a remaining ember and had the corn fields in blazes in a matter of minutes. Though no structures were damage, the blazes did come uncomfortably close to one residence before being contained. Flames and smoke filled the area for hours and had DeKalb County fire fighters, the Tennessee Division of Forestry, along with aid from a Cannon County fire team all working diligently to gain control of the wild fire.

While trying to extinguish these flaming acres, another fire broke out a short distance down the road. Another previously controlled burn, a home owner who had burned a brush pile reported a rekindle. This fire consumed approximately half an acre before these flames were under control.

“No one done anything wrong,” said DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Chief Donny Green. “These were all controlled burns where the people had burn permits. The unusual high winds and low humidity caused all of these fires.”