Bob Glasure had just walked into the Freeport Corner Cafe for lunch when he got a call that a fire eight miles east of Freeport was blazing its way across 40 acres of wildland. And were it not for the helping hand of local farmer Don Graff, the fire Friday could have been a much larger fire, said Division of Forestry Supervisor Buddy Lawrence.
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Graff is a farmer in Freeport and lives near the fire off J.W. Hollington Road and near the Magnolia Bluff Golf Course under construction. Walton County Emergency Medical Services personnel were on standby although no injuries were reported. I kidded with him, asked him if he was going to eat what he shot. Forestry responded and furnished a couple of bulldozers to cut fire breaks but the fire didn't really spread fast because wind wasn't strong, and fortunately, that helped to keep it from jumping the firebreaks. Lawrence said he thinks lightning may have hit the wire, pole or crossarm, causing the wire to fall to the ground.