Photo by STEFANIE THOMAS
By STEFANIE THOMAS
Updated: 02.27.09
Fire fighters from as far away as Sheldon and Westfield assisted the Atascocita Volunteer Fire Department in battling a 17-acre, four-alarm brush fire that erupted around 2:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in a heavily wooded area off Continental Plaza near FM 1960.
Within two hours, the blaze was under control but had devoured eight acres of vegetation already.
The Texas Forest Service responded with a bulldozer to dig trenches in an effort to contain the flames and started controlled backfires.
“By burning out the vegetation we take away the fuel that feeds the fire,” explained Bob Kelshaw, spokesman for the AVFD.
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