Blue Ridge Parkway officials on Saturday updated progress on battling a wildfire, dubbed the Barnett Branch Fire, that shutdown roads and trails near Pisgah Inn in Canton the past week. While rangers reopened a stretch of the parkway Friday near the inn, reopening several trails and a nearby roads remained tentative on Sautrday, according to the parkway news release. Firefighters worked through the weekend to contain the more than 200-acre fire that begain burning Wednesday in Pisgah National Forest near the inn, officials said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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