Marion County firefighters, Department of Forestry battling wildfire near Haletown

Aetna Mountain on fire Friday evening as seen from Hales Bar Lake. (Courtesy: Paul Anderson)

MARION COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- Firefighters have been battling a wildfire near Haletown in Marion County Friday evening.

The Haletown Volunteer Fire Department says it began shortly after 5 p.m. Friday evening on the back of Aetna Mountain.

After their initial response, the Tennessee Department of Forestry came in to take over fire fighting operations.

A News 12 viewer sent us several photos of the fire that they are seeing from Hales Bar Lake, and say it was highly visible as of 9 p.m. Friday evening.

However, according to the Tennessee Wildfire Public Viewer map, that fire is 100 percent contained at 12 acres.