Large area of grass catches fire northwest of downtown Fort Worth amid hot temperatures
The Fort Worth Fire Department and Police Department responded to a large grass fire northwest of downtown Fort Worth on Wednesday afternoon.
The fire department dispatched more than 20 units to the scene near 1000 Isbell Road starting about noon, according to a call log.
The fire escalated to a two-alarm incident, a fire department spokesperson told the Star-Telegram.
With weather conditions including extremely high temperatures, low humidity and steady winds, it took several hours for firefighters to get the wildfire under control, the department said. By around 2:45 p.m., 85 percent of the fire had been contained.
No one was injured and there was no danger or damage to buildings, but firefighters asked people to avoid the area.
Mutual aid from agencies including the Lake Worth Fire Department, the Saginaw Fire Department and the River Oaks Fire Department was “a huge help,” the department said in a Facebook post.
Crews remained on the scene Wednesday night on two-hour rotations to monitor hot spots and a couple of trees that “proved difficult to fully extinguish,” the department said.
Throughout Wednesday, Texas A&M Forest Service firefighters and other state agencies responded to 14 wildfires that burned more than 2,700 acres across the state, including an almost 200-acre fire off Bonds Ranch Road in northwest Tarrant County.
This story was originally published July 19, 2023 at 3:38 PM.
