Thanks to Don from Perry County for this image… he writes:
“Hey my name is Don and I’m from Perry county. I’m down in Orange Beach and I caugt a picture on my blackberry of the state parke engulfed in a huge fire last night around 12. Don’t know much about it yet but feel free to share if you would like.”
Some details on this fire from al.com:
“Firefighters at 10 p.m. were trying to control a fire in a swampy area of Gulf States Park that was being blamed on fireworks. Because of the blaze’s location in the middle of a wet area east of Alabama 59, firefighters couldn’t do much but wait for it to work its way to them, Fire Marshal Keith Martin said. Shortly after 10 p.m. the flames were moving east toward Alabama 135 in the state park, and firefighters from the Alabama Forestry Commission where headed to the scene with heavy equipment that could cut fire breaks in the swamp, Martin said. “It doesn’t have anywhere to go to threaten property right now,” he said. “We’re trying to control it and let it burn itself out.” Martin said that while the cause is unknown, authorities think it was the result of fireworks – an amateur’s, not the Gulf Shores city display, which is launched from a barge.”
