More than a dozen fires in just days stretch volunteer firefighters to the limit

More than a dozen fires in just days stretch volunteer firefighters to the limit

COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – Copiah County authorities are issuing an urgent call to heed the burn ban after nearly a dozen brush and forest fires over the past few days. Fires, some suspicious, have torched hundreds of acres, stretching volunteer firefighters to their limits. Thursday’s fire on McCardle Ridge Road in Copiah County was one of nearly a dozen in recent days. It exhausted volunteer firefighters in the extreme heat. “It’s got to be…