After nearly a week of battling high temperatures and difficult terrain, firefighters have almost extinguished a stubborn wildfire beneath the cliffs on the west brow of Lookout Mountain, a fire official said Monday.
The fire, which began July 11, is 95 percent contained, according to fire information officer Warren Bielenberg.
The wildfire’s location, at the base of the steep bluffs below Covenant College, has made it hard for firefighters to reach the area of the flames.
A helicopter equipped with an infrared camera scanned the scene Monday morning and identified 12 hotspots that firefighters were focusing on Monday, Bielenberg said.
Fire crews were working with volunteers from West Brow Fire and Rescue.