RALEIGH
Dec 1, 2021
| WHO/WHAT: | Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler plans to visit the N.C. Forest Service’s Incident Command Post at the Grindstone Fire at Pilot Mountain to get an update on efforts to control the fire. Following the briefing, Troxler will make a few remarks and take questions from the media. |
| WHEN: | Thursday, Dec. 2, 10:30 a.m.
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| WHERE: | Grindstone/Sauratown Mountain Fire Incident Command Post 615 E. Highway 52 Bypass, Pilot Mountain |
| BACKGROUND INFORMATION: | The N.C. Forest Service’s Red Incident Command Team continues to manage ongoing fire suppression efforts in cooperation with N.C. State Parks personnel and local fire fighters. To date the footprint of the Grindstone Fire, which started Nov. 27, is 1,050 acres. Due to dry conditions across the state, a burn ban was implemented statewide prohibiting open burning until further notice. Anyone violating the burn ban faces a $100 fine plus $183 court costs. |
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