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UPDATED: Six firefighting companies battling brush fire on Walden’s Ridge

A brush fire burns up the side of Walden's Ridge on Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Soddy-Daisy. The fire started around 5 p.m., and winds caused it to spread up and over the bluff at Mowbray Mountain.
A brush fire burns up the side of Walden's Ridge on Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Soddy-Daisy. The fire started around 5 p.m., and winds caused it to spread up and over the bluff at Mowbray Mountain. A brush fire burns up the side of Walden's Ridge on Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Soddy-Daisy. The fire started around 5 p.m., and winds caused it to spread up and over the bluff at Mowbray Mountain.

By Staff Report 1 min read

Six firefighting companies now are battling a woods fire on the side of Walden’s Ridge above Soddy-Daisy.

The Sale Creek and Sequoyah volunteer fire departments and Walden’s Ridge Emergency Services have joined crews from the Soddy-Daisy department and the Mowbray Mountain and Dallas Bay volunteer companies who’ve been fighting the slowly creeping fire since Sunday afternoon.

Soddy-Daisy Fire Chief Mike Guffey said about 30 to 40 acres of land are involved.