. >> reporter: visiting family at the state line on easter sunday, stewart sims received word that his home and that of his mother could both lay in the fire's path. >> i think the county or someone called them and told them to evacuate,000 get out. that scared my other half. she got scared. >> didn't see an smoke, couldn't smell smoke. >> reporter: firefighters extinguished the fire. they returned to the forest on monday to ensure that the same fire that scorched 18 acres remained out. >> we will use our resources to to put some wart on it to suppress that. hopefully we don't have issues. >> reporter: rangers said they discoveredded of a smaller fire in the same forest that apparently burned itself out friday, consuming half an acre. experts say the red flag burn ban came as a result of nearly perfect conditions for such fires. low relative humidity or dry conditions coupled with high winds and no canopy of leaves to keep the sun from baking the come bussable material on the -- combustible material on the ground. >> they have regulations covering where and when you can burn as well as