Video: Pilot Mountain Fire Spreads To 500 acres

CHARLOTTE, NC — Just 90 minutes from Charlotte, Pilot Mountain is ablaze after what forestry officials report was a human-caused fire on a trail at the mountain park.

According to Ranger Jimmy Holt, the fire has spread to 500 acres as of Monday morning, and that's bad news because it's twice the size of the day before.

The NC Forestry officials report that it was a human-caused fire but can't get to where it first emerged to say exactly what caused it to spread.

There are more than 60 firefighters from multiple agencies fighting the fire. The fire began on Saturday.

There is no rain in the forecast, which doesn't help firefighters. They are using every resource they can to contain the fire at the base of the mountain.

The fire is not a present danger to structures and no evacuations have been issued so far.

See videos below:

Live this morning with @IMcMillerNews where we are monitoring the fire currently raging on Pilot Mountain.

All I can say early this morning is just... wow. @WFMY @wfmyweather @CMorganWX @MarissaTansino @TraceyMcCain pic.twitter.com/cAdmYa6RL5

— Manning Franks (@ManningWFMY) November" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/ManningWFM... 29, 2021

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