Fires break out across county over weekend

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A spate of eight fires occurred across Hopkins County over the weekend, according to Hopkins County Sheriff ’s Office 911 call logs.

On Friday at 10:40 a.m., five callers reported a grass fire on the side of Interstate 30 near mile marker 131 in Brinker. The last caller reported he had “stomped the fire out but feels the wind will start it back up again.” According to call logs, the fire did not restart.

At 10:47 a.m. on Friday a caller at FM 2560 reported that garbage had caught fire and spread to the back yard. Sulphur Springs fire department reported the fire extinguished by 11:11 a.m.

At 1:21 p.m. on Friday, two calls came in about a grass fire at FM 514. The fire was reported extinguished by 2:45 p.m.

At 2:57 p.m. three calls reported a vehicle on fire at County Road 3341. The fire was reported extinguished by 3:23 p.m.

At 3:15 p.m. on Friday, a caller at County Road 1151 reported a grass fire across the street that was disregarded prior to arrival by fire units.

Then at 1:05 a.m. in the early hours of Saturday, a caller at FM 2285 in Peerless reported the shop in the back of a house was on fire. County fire units 11 (Cumby) and unit 3 (Peerless/South Sulphur) extinguished the fire by 2:35 a.m.

A caller at 3:34 p.m. on Saturday afternoon reported the creek behind a house at County Road 3344 was on fire. The fire was reported extinguished by 3:54 p.m.

Hopkins County fire station 20 (main station) responded to a report of “someone came in and said there was a tree on fire at FM 2297.” The fire was reported extinguished by 8:35 p.m.

According to a post shared by several county volunteer fire departments from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), approximately 470 deaths occur from structure fires across the U.S. each year.

To help avoid structure fires, the NFPA advises never using space heaters or any appliance with a damaged cord, as well as never using a cooking stove to heat your home. The NFPA says to check all smoke alarms to make sure they are functional and to install and maintain carbon monoxide alarms.