CENTER — Mississippi Forestry Commission Wildland Firefighters are on scene at a fire burning in a pine plantation off of Trace Road in Lawrence County Monday. Brookhaven-Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Director Chris Reid said they were working on a game plan to take care of the fire.

MFC spokesman Kevin Craft said the fire is estimated to be between 75 to 100 acres right now. Wildland fire fighters, the local sheriff office, volunteer fire departments are on scene working on the fire at this time.

The fire on the pine plantation makes up a fraction of a 701-acre tract owned by Weyerhaeuser Company, according to OnX mapping.

A burn ban is still in effect for Lincoln County and 44 other counties in Mississippi. Please be cautious and do not attempt to burn anything outside at this time. Dry conditions, wind and low humidity have increased the fire risk for Southwest Mississippi.