Woods fire running rampant in Hancock and Harrison County

Wood fires are raging through Harrison and Hancock County threatening everyone in their path.

- woods fires are raging through- harrison and hancock county - threatening everyone in their - path.

- news 25's victoria bailey has - been on the frontlines with - those battling the blaze, and - had the details tonight.- - along with the threat of covid-- 19 some families in hancock and- harrison county are faced with- losing their homes to woods - fire.

- "we just pray that they get it under control because we have a- lot of people that we love- who live around here and we - don't wanna see anything bad- happen," hancock county resident - - - - temperest lusich along with - others in the lakeshores- community have been monitoring- a large blaze.- "yesterday we were watching it and it seems to dissipate and - today it comes- with a vengeance and i have a 9- in a 94- year-old parent so i - got my brother to - come and get them and take them- - - - to his house" according to the mississippi forestry commission- at- 10:00 wednesday morning, thanks- - - - to a windy day, the flames- ignited once again.

- lusich says she hasn't seen - anything this grave in a long - time.

- "i was here for katrina and i have never seen anything like - this ever maybe marsh fires but- nothing as big as this," meanwhile in harrison county.

- "once again we're back out in the woods we have a very large- woods fire in the - social or advance west wortham- road area don't know how many - acres it's- probably gonna be at least- several hundred this far was- very complex and very hard to - fight because of number one it- was deep in the woods as the- other ones were - but it broke out and threatened- a number of homes a couple of - neighborhoods we- had to evacuate people once - again it's just a situation - where right now the - atmospheric conditions are such- that it's too dry to burn or- have any fire" the cause of this these two - fires is under investigation.

- - - - harrison county fire marshal pa- sullivan says thanks to the - - - - quick actions of those on the - frontline, no residential - - - - property was lost.- - - - "we were able to put everything we wanted to improve on at this- fire and i think it's - - - - made a difference and with that- we've gotten on top of this - sooner we've called out units - quicker we took all of our- resources and put them forth- immediately and did everything- we could do to keep any homes - from burning" - - -