SOMERSET, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Fire crews in Somerset responded on Saturday after the embers from a brush burn spread to a nearby home.
According to the Somerset Fire Department (SFD), crews were dispatched in response to a structure fire on Highway 39 after a passerby reported seeing smoke and flames coming from the roof of a mobile home.
When crews arrived at the scene, smoke was reportedly visible on the rooftop of the home and a large tree and brush fire could be seen behind it.
“The owners had started a fire to burn brush and limbs around the tree base, but embers ignited the roof,” The SFD wrote on Facebook.
Fire crews in Somerset extinguished a brush fire near a tree that spread to a home on Saturday. (Somerset Fire Department)
Crews with the Somerset Fire Department worked to extinguish a brush fire that had spread to the rooftop of a home on Saturday. (Somerset Fire Department)
Crews observed as firefighters worked to extinguish a brush fire that spread to a rooftop on Saturday. (Somerset Fire Department)
Fire crews from the Somerset Fire Department were dispatched to a home on Highway 39 in response to a brush fire that had spread to a rooftop. (Somerset Fire Department)
Crews from the Somerset Fire Department worked to clear a burnt portion of a tree after a brush fire spread to a nearby rooftop on Saturday. (Somerset Fire Department)
Firefighters quickly extinguished the rooftop fire as well as the brush fire and removed the burnt part of the tree with a chainsaw. There were no injuries reported.
The SFD wrote a reminder on Facebook that Kentucky is under a fall burn ban from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 1 to Dec. 15, which prohibits outdoor burning within 150 feet of any woodland, brushland, or fields containing dry grass or other flammable materials.
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