84 acres burn near Kountze

  • Silsbee firefighters went to L Street and 17th Street Monday morning after receiving a report that a vehicle was on fire. Fire Chief Robin Jones said the truck was being loaded with materials and caught on fire before it was to be driven away.The cause was not immediately determined. Photo by Dan Eakin.
    Silsbee firefighters went to L Street and 17th Street Monday morning after receiving a report that a vehicle was on fire. Fire Chief Robin Jones said the truck was being loaded with materials and caught on fire before it was to be driven away.The cause was not immediately determined. Photo by Dan Eakin.
A fire which started out as a control burn wound up burning about 84 acres of a wooded area north of Kountze last Saturday afternoon. Kountze firefighters were already involved in a control burn in Kountze when the call came in that a fire had gotten out of control, at least partly due to the high winds which had moved into the area. Kountze firefighters soon found themselves joined by fire…

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