Officials in Madison County on the scene of the Quaker Run Fire said Wednesday the blaze is “under control,” though parts of the fire line remain uncontained and the press was denied access anywhere near the burned area.
The conflagration, the largest active wildfire in the state, had consumed just under 4,000 acres as of Wednesday, three weeks and a day after it first started near the village of Syria on Oct. 24. What ignited the blaze remains under investigation.
