Several Wildfires in the Area
Posted/updated on: August 10, 2011 at 2:27 am
East Texas – Firemen around the area battled the high temperatures and several grass fires Monday. The largest was a 100 acre fire off Farm Road 47 near Interstate Highway 20 West of Canton. Nearly a dozen fire departments brought that Van Zandt County blaze under control.
Firemen from seven Smith County fire departments contained a fire in northern Smith County. Around 45 acres burned of County Road 370. The fire is said to have been caused by a front end loader.
A 25 acre fire has been extinguished off County Road 354 near Winona. For a while some structures were in danger, but no buildings were damaged.
Another fire was reported a couple of miles south of State Highway 31 off County Road 246.
