Volunteer firemen from Crittenden County and Caldwell Springs fire departments had their hands full Friday afternoon fighting a large wildfire in a cornfield off Sulphur Springs Road in the southern part of the county.
Mack Peebles, a Florida man who owns the property, said he was pushing down cornstalks with his 4-wheeler when the fire started, apparently from the heat off the exhaust or engine. The fire had burned the ATV and more than 5 acres by the time firemen got their with equipment. Volunteers were still on the scene fighting the blaze in the late afternoon.
