RAGLEY, La. (KPLC) - A wildfire that was burning across from South Beauregard High School is now contained, fire officials said.
Around 12:59 p.m. today, Beauregard Parish Fire Dist. 2 requested mutual aid to put out a fire burning along U.S. 171 across from South Beauregard High School, firefighters said.
Ward Six Fire in DeQuincy, and the State Department of Agriculture and Forestry were called to assist, and the fire was contained sometime before 7 p.m.
According to Ward Six Fire, the blaze started when someone driving on the highway lost a wheel. The wheel was hot enough to start the fire in the dry grass along the road.
There will be smoke in the area for a while as numerous stumps and logs are still smoldering in the burn area, Ward Six Fire said.
There was another fire Monday afternoon in Beauregard Parish, when a prescribed burn by the Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry got out of control along Ball Road.
A burn ban is currently in place in Beauregard Parish. Allen, Vernon, and Jeff Davis parishes also issued burn bans today.