The Upper West Fork, Arnoldsburg, Grantsville Volunteer Fire Departments, responded to a fire on Stinson Road/Mud Fork at 5 p.m. Thursday, the first official forest fire of the season.

The fire was near the Clay County line, Calhoun EMS and the Calhoun Sheriffs Department also responded.

A firemen suffered an injury to the eye.

The fire was located on a steep hillside, described by a fireman as a place that a "billy goat could not stand," a dense forested area.

The fire had already burned over a considerable area, brought under control.

The Grantsville VFD responded to a car fire about 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

The fire was at Oshe Lane on Leading Creek.