PHOTO GALLERY: Firefighters respond to fire on U.S. 63

July 10, 2012 | 9:01 p.m. CDT

A fire Tuesday between southbound U.S. 63 and Bluff Creek Drive required attention from both Boone County and Columbia fire crews.

A Boone County firefighter walks the fire line Tuesday at the scene of a fire along southbound U.S. 63 near the Grindstone Parkway exit. | Caitlin Jones

Firefighter Danny Spry helps to put out a fire Tuesday at U.S. 63 near the Grindstone Parkway exit. | Robert Swain

Firefighter Danny Spry communicates with other firefighters via walkie-talkie Tuesday on southbound U.S. 63.
| Robert Swain

Firefighters help to put out an approximately two-acre fire Tuesday at U.S. 63 near the Grindstone Parkway exit.
| Robert Swain

Danny Spry has water poured on him by a fellow firefighter Tuesday at U.S. 63 near the Grindstone Parkway exit. | Robert Swain

Backpack sprayers sit in a fire truck Tuesday on U.S. 63. According to Columbia Fire Department Acting Battalion Chief Klif Price Bullard, the fire was between U.S. 63 and Bluff Creek Drive.
| Robert Swain

Firefighters from both the Columbia Fire Department and Boone County Fire Protection District help to put out a fire Tuesday on U.S. 63 near the Grindstone Parkway exit. | Robert Swain