Sauratown wildfire is mostly contained

(Winston-Salem Journal) - Firefighters have largely contained a wildfire on Sauratown Mountain that has burned nearly 400 acres, a spokesman for the N.C. Division of Forest Resources said.

The fire, which has burned since Wednesday, is 95 percent contained, spokesman Michael Huffman said.

The fire had largely been controlled until changing winds Friday night spread the fire past containment lines.

Yesterday, firefighters improved lines around the fire and worked their way in, mopping up smoldering small fires and taking out anything that can fuel them.

It is likely to be a few more days until firefighters declare the fire controlled, Huffman said.

Huffman said that firefighters revised their estimate downward of how many acres burned, from about 400 to 383.