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Strike Force Activated To Fight Large Wildfire
Firefighters from several departments battled a wildfire Thursday east of Salado.
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BELL COUNTY (July 2, 2009)—Firefighters from several Bell County departments battled a wildfire Thursday east of Salado.
Smoke from the fire was visible from as far away as Temple.
The fire was reported around mid-afternoon Thursday in the 1900 block of Royal Street.
The Bell County East Side Task Force was activated after the first units arrived.
Another fire was burning Thursday afternoon four miles east of Bruceville-Eddy in the area of Highway 7 and CR 435.
Crews were able to contain both fires.
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Posted by: dacen
Location: salado
on Jul 2, 2009 at 05:30 PM
my brother was the one who saw the fire i was the one who called 911 we were very scared at the time we were out side when it first started me and my babysitter ran in to call the operator asked for the location so i saik it was by royal and hollad road. in about 5 minutes fire trucks started rolling. my dad was a fireman for salado so when he got home he called in. and thats the story.
Posted by: dacen
Location: salado
on Jul 2, 2009 at 05:23 PM
when my 9 year old brother saw the fire me and my baby sitter ran inside me the 11 year old called 911 i told them as much information as i could the fire was half a mile across the street i am so happy i called 911
Posted by: Someone
Location: Near-Here
on Jul 2, 2009 at 05:09 PM
I'n glad they brought in the Fire-fighting Planes at Waco Regional. And I hope they get the fires put out. Now all we need is some stupid people shooting off fire-works!!!
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