AFD was notified of a grass fire and as soon as the trucks were enroute, they could see a very large smoke column. Upon arrival the engine companies found a several acre grass fire that had spread not only to nearby woods, but also to a garage attached to a mobile home. The garage was already a total loss and metal and plastic on the mobile home was beginning to melt and catch on fire. The mobile home was saved from the fire and Central Heights FD was called to provide mutual aid by providing manpower and water. The Texas Forest Service was also called to the location to help prevent the further spread of fire in the woods.
Two AFD members were at Tom's Grocery in Appleby when a Chevrolet truck pulled into the parking lot with a flat tire. The AFD members noticed smoke and a small amount of fire coming from under the vehicle. The driver was notified and the fire dept. was quickly paged out to extinguish the quickly spreading fire.
AFD was paged out to provide mutual aid to Central Height FD with a kitchen fire. An interior attack was performed and the crew did an excellent job of putting the fire out and preventing it from spreading to the entire house. The damage was contained to the kitchen area and had the fire departments been called any later, the fire would have been much worse.
Appleby FD responded to a grass fire that started on a chicken farm and posed a threat to several chicken houses. The fire quickly spread to an open pasture area but was contained and extinguished.
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