Firefighters put out barn fire in Cherokee County, road reopens

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — The Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services are on the scene of a barn fire and traffic in the area is closed off.

According to the fire department, a barn is burning on Bells Ferry Road near Faye Drive.

Cherokee Fire & Emergency Services put out a traffic alert just before 2 p.m. on Thursday.

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The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office helped with traffic control.

Officials said Bells Ferry Road was temporarily closed.

At the time, deputies said traffic was being diverted down Wooten Drive.

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