Efforts Continue to Control Multiple Virginia Wildfires

Officials in Madison County on the scene of the Quaker Run Fire said Wednesday that the blaze is under control, though parts of the fire line remain uncontained and the press was denied access anywhere near the burned area.

The largest active wildfire in the state had consumed just under 4,000 acres as of Wednesday, three weeks and a day after it first started near the village of Syria on Oct. 24. What ignited the blaze remains under investigation.

Read more on this story at Richmond News

Ryan Mason
Ryan Mason
Ryan is an accomplished writer and aerial photographer that has worked in the aviation industry for over a decade before co-founding AerialFire Magazine. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Ryan is a former police officer that focuses his writing and photography efforts on para-public operations and agricultural aviation.

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