Incident Report

Report of a large grass fire near the intersection of FM205 and CR491. Erath Fire is responding.

FM205

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Category: Grass fire

Source: Public scanner traffic

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• Update 2:19 PM:Unit on the reports that they can see several illegal brush piles and asked for a deputy to respond.
• Update 2:24 PM:The unit on the scene reports that there was some welding going on and that started the fire.
• Update 2:31 PM:Sounds like there are some bulls on the property that don't take kindly to visitors. Firefighters will be riding on their front bumpers to knock this fire down.
• Update 2:33 PM:The fire marshal on the reports that this will be an accidental fire and has cleared the scene. This fire is reported to be under control.