Wildfire on Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County is 95% contained

The wildfire on Sauratown Mountain in southwestern Stokes County was 95% contained as of Tuesday afternoon and no longer poses a threat, authorities said.

A group of six firefighters worked Tuesday to put out hot spots on the mountain, said Jonathan Young, the Stokes County ranger for the N.C. Forest Service. A bulldozer also was at the scene, Young said.

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