Dry conditions resulted in two county fires Sunday night and Monday, local volunteer firefighters said.

About a mile of the roadside along Ala. Highway 67 near the intersection of County Road 1760 burned Monday afternoon, after a driver accidentally ignited the grass when towing a smaller vehicle, firefighters said. Joppa Volunteer Firefighter Mark Waldeck said the front wheels of the smaller vehicle were not moving while the driver pulled the vehicle down Highway 67. The name of the driver was not known, he said.

Tri County, Holly Pond, Joppa, Baileyton and Fairview volunteer fire departments responded to the blaze about 2 p.m., and contained the fire in about an hour. Waldeck, Max Miller of the Joppa VFD and Zack McGee of the Baileyton VFD were among the last to leave the scene.

Most of the land burned was state property, the firefighters said.

Waldeck said people can safely burn brush during dry conditions similar to those on Sunday and Monday. He said the frequency of accidental brush fires varies.

“As long as there’s no wind, they can burn if they have it under control,” he said. “We can go a week at a time without them, then all of a sudden, one night we’ll have five or ten.”

A wild fire in the Johnson’s Crossing Community burning from county roads 568 to 573 charred more than 20 acres Sunday and Monday, Hanceville Volunteer Firefighter Corey Johnson said. The Johnson’s Crossing Volunteer Fire Department, Hanceville Volunteer Fire Department and the Alabama Forestry Department responded to the fire, which was under control by Monday afternoon, Johnson said.

Eight firefighters from the Hanceville department and 6-8 from Johnson’s Crossing were on the scene as firefighters extinguished the blaze once Sunday, and again, after the fire re-ignited Monday, Johnson said.

Johnson said firefighters think the blaze could have been ignited by loggers.

WAFF TV reported several fire agencies responded to a large woods fire in northeast Alabama Monday. Officials with the Alabama Forestry Department said a fire that began Sunday was progressing about two miles north of Collinsville between U.S. Highway 11 and Interstate 59. Officials estimated the fire would cover 550 acres, according to WAFF.

According to the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Huntsville, an 80 percent chance of rain is expected on Tuesday with south winds from 5-15 mph.