Firefighters Working To Control Small Wildfire in Gwinnett

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA — Gwinnett County and Georgia Forestry Commission firefighters are hoping they have a small wildfire at a park near Dacula under control.

Crews have been on the scene at Harbins Park since late Wednesday afternoon.

By Thursday afternoon, fire officials said the blaze was under control after having scorched about 4.5 acres of dense underbrush.

The fire was continuing to smolder and fire crews were working to extinguish numerous hot spots.

The area the fire burned is about a mile off of the roadway in the woods just off of Callie Still Road.

The woods border a residential neighborhood, park property and a power line field.

Firefighters were running a hose line Thursday to extinguish hot spots and a bulldozer from the Georgia Forestry Commission was being used, but had so far been unable to cut a firebreak due to difficult terrain.

Firefighters, instead, were working to strengthen a manual firebreak using hand tools, fire-rakes and water-cans.

No structures had been damaged Thursday afternoon and no injuries had been reported.

The incident comes after several weeks of wildfires burning through thousands of acres in north Georgia.

Earlier Thursday, Gov. Nathan Deal issued water restrictions in 52 counties in Georgia due to the ongoing, severe drought that has gripped the state for months.

Photo courtesy Gwinnett County Fire & Emergency Services