Two active wildfires burn this morning in Campbell County

Mar 15, 2025 | News

The Old Highway 63 fire has been burning for a few days, and the wildfire on New River Road started Friday

**Here is a 5:30am Saturday look at the wildfire off Old Hwy 63 at Caryville near the sand mines.**

**There are two active wildfires in Campbell County on Saturday morning, according to Tennessee Fire Response.**

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN (WLAF)- Alder Springs Road is where a Friday afternoon wildfire ignited sending firefighters with the Campbell County Rural Fire Service there just after 3:30. In all, two acres burned, and the fire is 100% contained as of 11:23pm Friday.

A wildfire broke out Friday along New River Road on the very southeast tip of Campbell County. As of 6:53am Saturday, the fire was 85% contained, and it had consumed 17acres.

By 7:42am Saturday, the Old Highway 63 fire, near part of the sand mines, was classified as 100% contained. Two hundred acres have burned.

Both Old Hwy 63 and New River Road fires remain active. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-03/15/2025-9AM-PHOTO COURTESY OF WADE LAWSON, GRAPHIC COURTESY OF TENNESSEE FIRE RESPONSE)