The Tarrant County fire marshal is urging caution as hot and dry conditions have set up the right environment to turn sparks into grassfires.
County officials ask homeowners to keep their grass short, to keep brush out of their gutters and flower beds, and to keep a hose ready in their front and back yards.
Wednesday's fire was located near the 3200 block of W. Bonds Ranch Road between Eagle Mountain Lake to the west and Hicks Airfield to the east. Planes from the Texas A&M Forest Service helped ground crews contain the fire. No injuries were reported. A day after the fire, Renois told NBC 5 that welding sparks from utility crews started the fire. It's an ongoing threat as building booms in northwest Tarrant County: A new high school, a stadium, and new homes are being built around the burnt area. County officials asked eight homes to evacuate.A grassfire charred 180 acres in northern Tarrant County Wednesday, July 19, 2023, getting close to Wesley Cleveland's home."We could've gotten out if we had to.
Cleveland said he's not worried about sparks coming from nearby crews starting more fires. Now that a fire raged through the acres in front of his house, it's unlikely another fire comes that way because of the"fire barrier." Plus, he said, in a hot and dry summer, grassfires are part of life in North Texas.
"If somebody flicks a cigarette out at the wrong time ... you're just trusting in the good Lord to take care of you one way or the other," Cleveland said.
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