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COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. GLADYS ADRIAN THANK YOU. WELL HAPPENING NOW IN HUEYTOWN FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING MORE THAN A DOZEN BRUSH FIRES BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SET IN INTENTIONALLY. �������� 13 S EMMA OWEN JOINS US LIVE FROM THE SCENE WHERE CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR HOURS. EMMA, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW? YEAH. GLADYS CREWS FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE BRUSH FIRES AROUND ONE TODAY. AND HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. NOW MOVE OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN GET A CLOSE UP LOOK OF WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. PARTS OF THE WOODS STILL BURNING HERE BEHIND ME. NOT NEAR AS BAD AS IT WAS EARLIER TODAY, THOUGH. WHAT’S REALLY NOTICEABLE NOW, THOUGH, IS ALL THE SMOKE STILL JUST FILLING THE AIR HERE AROUND JOHNS ROAD. NOW, WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED HERE, BRANDON CLARK, FIRE MARSHAL AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AT HUEYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, SAYS THEY FOUND MORE THAN A DOZEN SET FIRES AND AGAIN. THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SET INTENTIONALLY. MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE RESPONDING TO THESE FLAMES, AND CLARK SAYS THEY WILL LIKELY BE HERE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. WHAT WE’RE DOING IS JUST KIND OF SWAPPING CREWS OUT AND EVERYBODY’S GETTING TIRED. WE’VE HAD MULTIPLE AGENCIES HERE FROM FROM HOOVER, BESSEMER, MIDFIELD, LAKEVIEW, MCADOREY, UH, THE FORESTRY COMMISSION’S ON SCENE. SO EVERYBODY’S JUST GETTING TIRED, READY TO GET THEM SOME FOOD AND GET SOME REST. NOW, THE ROADS WERE CLOSED HERE EARLIER, BUT THEY’VE SINCE BEEN REOPENED. IF YOU DO HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THIS AREA, THOUGH, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT SLOW BECAUSE AGAIN, THE SMOKE IS JUST FILLING THE