This report has been updated
Fire crews from multiple agencies continued Monday to battle a 1,500-acre wildfire in coastal Brunswick County.
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The fire that began Friday afternoon and spread Saturday as it skipped over containment lines in the area of Boiling Spring Lakes had been contained by 10% by Monday morning, according to the North Carolina Forest Service. Containment refers to sections of fire line that do not pose a risk of spreading without the need additional firefighting measures.
Brunswick County and Boiling Spring Lakes have declared states of emergency.
“We’re taking advantage of the rain that came in this morning to really work the dry areas around the fire,” Forest Service Operations Section Chief Jonathan Ambrose said in a Sunday release. “The dozer crews are steadily churning up the soil and reinforcing single fire lines to multiple lines in hopes of stopping or slowing the spread of the fire.”
No homes have been destroyed in the wildlife, which has been named the Sunset Road fire, and the American Red Cross shelter set up a local high school had closed. A sheltering team remained on standby, according to a Brunswick County release.
The wildfire prompted the call for a temporary flight restriction, or TFR, on aircraft from the ground up to and including 3,000 feet until further notice.
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Flying drones within a TFR, near or around a wildlife is illegal because the unmanned craft interfere with firefighting efforts.
According to a county release, food and drink donations were no longer needed as of Sunday in Boiling Spring Lakes.
A burn ban remained in effect Monday for unincorporated areas of the county. Burning within 100 feet of a structure is prohibited in those areas. Residents in municipalities should contact their city or town office to inquire about burn bans in their area.
Motorists are asked to use caution if traveling the N.C. Highway 87 corridor and other roads in the Boiling Spring Lakes area as fire engines and large equipment remain in the area. Updates of area road closures are available online.
 A Code Orange air quality alert has been issued for the country through midnight Monday. Air quality updates for the county are available at airnow.gov.
Closures and shelter information will be provided on Brunswick County’s website as information becomes available.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation Monday.
