(Guadalupe County) – Despite it being 100 degrees plus, area fire fighters continue to battle massive grass fires. Guadalupe County Fire Marshal Patrick Pinder says firefighters have spent much of the last few weeks if not all summer fighting a series of grass fires countywide.
Firefighters on Wednesday battled a grass fire on Branch Road. A total of five acres caught fire after negligence by a welder. Pinder says a citation was issued by fire marshals for the burn ban violations.
After a hard day’s work, he says fire fighters only returned the next day to battle a six-acre fire in Kingsbury.
The continued heat, Pinder says, has not made things easy. Requests for bottled water or Gatorades have also come in from area fire departments. One example came from York Creek Volunteer Fire Department which posted on its social media site that water “would be greatly appreciated and there would be a bunch of firefighters that would jump for joy!”
Although from York Creek VFD, all area fire departments say they could use some extra relief.
Residents wishing to donate bottled water or other needs by a department are asked to reach out to the various fire departments in the area.