A wildfire is burning across more than a thousand acres of northeastern Taney County in the Glade Top Trail area.  Bill Paxton with the U-S Forest Service says it has been named the Liberty Fire…

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Paxton says the fire broke out sometime Wednesday, and crews have been on the scene since.  So far, there’s no word on the cause.  Local crews have been helping to contain the fire.  Paxton says this is a fire season we haven’t seen in a while, and because of the drought, everything in the forest is available to fuel a fire. 

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A wildfire in eastern Taney County is burning as much as 15-hundred acres of forest land.  Bill Paxton with the U-S Forest Service says it’s being called the Liberty Fire, and it started sometime Wednesday in the Mark Twain National Forest…

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Paxton says the fire is burning on forest service land 6 miles east of Highway 125, and generally southeast of Hercules Glades Wilderness Area.

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Nearly 15-hundred acres of the Mark Twain National Forest are burning near the Glade Top Trail area in Taney County.  So far, no word on the cause of the so-called Liberty Fire east of Highway 125, southeast of Hercules Glades.  Bill Paxton with the U-S Forest Service says the current drought conditions are severe…

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Paxton says local crews have been helping to contain the fire since it was reported sometime Wednesday.