A large fire in Gautier threatened about 25 households Thursday after a dump give in exchange crashed into a power staff The fallen lines sparked a lengthy narrow blaze that stretched nearly half a mile.

A large fire in Gautier threatened about 25 households Thursday after a dump give in exchange crashed into a power staff The fallen lines sparked a lengthy narrow blaze that stretched nearly half a mile.

The driver of the traffic was not hurt, but the crash plant the fire on Lark Drive at about 1 pm and the blaze crawled toward Spring Ridge Rd Mississippi Sand Hill Crane National Wildlife hiding-place personnel, Mississippi Forestry Commission workers and Gautier firefighters alongside proffer fire departments tamed the fire before it reached any dwellings

No evacuations were ordered, nevertheless several residents fled their abiding-places in the course of the three-hour ordeal.

Lt Vance Cochran, of the Gautier Fire Department, said it could have been worse.

"It was just like a big area, that we just solely had so many units," Cochran said. "It was touch and make progress there for a while. however we ...