Fire crews battle forest fire near Highway 17 in North Bay

Crews battling forest fire west of North Bay off of Highway 17

Fire fighting crews are battling a forest fire west of North Bay

Fire crews battle forest fire near Highway 17 in North Bay

'We are responding to North Bay 2, west of Little Lakes Road and north of Hwy 17'

A forest fire broke out at a quarter past seven on Sunday morning on the Dennendijk in Asten. The fire brigade spoke of a very large fire and stated that the seat of the fire was difficult to reach. An area of two hundred by two hundred meters went up in flames, which is equal to eight football fields. 'A fire like that doesn't start by itself' Nothing is yet known about the cause of the fire. A spokesperson for the fire brigade does have doubts…