Morrison Drive Fire

Firefighters from the North Dakota Forest Service

 

Reports of smoke in a wooded area in a remote area behind the old Livingston High School campus, Livingston Volunteer Fire Department was able to track the fire to a distribution feeder power line right-of-way located on property owned by Polk County Enterprise Publisher Alvin Holley at 3:42 p.m. Monday. The nine LVFD firefighters were joined by crews from the Texas Forest Service and North Dakota Forest Service. The NDFS crews have been deployed to Texas to assist with this year's record fire season.
The fire was contained to a 1.43 acre area, according to TFS Regional Fire Coordinator Ricky Holbrook. Damage was limited to understory in the wooded area and a deer feeder in the tract located between the old school campus and Morrison Drive.
LVFD Chief Corky Cochran said he believes the fire began when a limb fell across large powerlines in the right-of-way.