Azle woman severely burned by garbage fire, Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office says
An Azle woman was severely burned over the weekend when she poured gasoline on trash to ignite a fire, officials with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 7000 block of Darling Street in Azle on Saturday, March 8, and found the woman in her back yard, where she had been burning trash, according to a news release.
The woman was taken by helicopter to the burn unit at Parkland Hospital in Dallas with life-threatening injuries, officials said.
Tarrant County is facing a high risk of wildfires due to dry conditions and increased winds across the state of Texas, according to the statement.
Anyone planning to conduct a burn should contact the Tarrant County Fire Alarm Center at 817-232-9800 and register their address on the day they plan to burn, officials said.
Burns should not be conducted if wind speeds exceed 23 mph and should begin no earlier than one hour after sunrise and no later than one hour before sunset, according to the Tarrant County Fire Marshal’s Office.
Fires must be downwind and at least 300 feet from any structures on adjacent properties, and only tree limbs, brush, grass clippings and leaves may be burned, officials said.
