WINDS WHIP FREED BRUSH FIRE

(04/12/2006)
Grantsville firemen responded to a brush fire along the Leading Creek-Freed Road this morning about 11 a.m.

The fire, which was reportedly ignited by local burning, was contained to less than one acre, but high winds were whipping the blaze.

It was quickly extinguished.

The fire was located near the Ritchie-Wirt County line.