Ashlee Davis contributed to this report.
KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A woods fire was reported shortly after 12:30 p.m. Saturday on Attala Rd. 3232. It burned through Saturday night and into Sunday, keeping Attala County firefighters busy and pushing the limits of resources.
Attala Co. Fire Chief Tim Cox says the fire originated on Attala Rd. 3232 and moved.
When firefighters arrived on the scene they had a tough time finding a way in to the fire. The Mississippi Forectry Commission was called in for help.
As other fires were reported crews that were on the scene of the fire on 3232 left to fight those fires and returned again to try and knock the blaze down.
By Sunday morning the fire had consumed from 200 to 300 acers and crews were still trying to get it out. The majority of what caught back up Sunday morning was on Attala Rd. 3225.
Cox said Sunday afternoon that it was 95 percent contained.
Dorothy Reid
October 5, 2025 at 3:22 PMI’m from England and my thoughts and prayers are with you Dear Gid please help these fire fighters to put this fire out. We had our own emergency recently hope yours does not go on as long as this one did they helped to contain it by doing a fire break on the Moorland but animals and many birds lost their lives but the humans were safe. Stables some distance away opened their doors to all those that needed them.
Jeannie Oakes Herod
October 5, 2025 at 5:20 PMAs of now (Sunday, 5:30pm), one fire has been put out, and the Forestry Service has the other under control.