CFD responds to building, car, grass fires
Cleburne firefighters responded to fire calls involving a building, vehicles and vegetation in recent weeks.
Firefighters responded to a storage building blaze at 10:35 a.m. Aug. 26 in the 700 of Olive Street. The structure, fully involved when firefighters arrived, sat on a vacant lot with no other buildings nearby.
Firefighters used 500 gallons of water to extinguish the fire. A pile of clothes and dishes occupied one corner of the otherwise empty storage building. The clothes seem to be the origin of the fire, according to reports. Although no one was present, firefighters believe someone may have been living in the structure at the time.
Firefighters responded to a Ford Edge fire at 12:02 p.m. Aug. 10 in the 300 block of East Willingham Street. Firefighters noticed light smoke coming from the engine bay upon arrival. They opened the hood and extinguished the fire in a short amount of time. The driver said he noticed a small flame coming from underneath the car's engine bay when he arrived home and parked. The driver then moved the car away from his house and into the street. The fire appears to have started on top of the engine. The driver told firefighters that the car has an engine leak. Firefighters managed to extinguish the fire before it spread to the car's interior.
Firefighers responded to another vehicle fire at 4:24 p.m. Aug. 19 in the 1300 block of South Hyde Park Boulevard. Firefighters arrived to find a Chevrolet Silverado heavily involved and quickly extinguished the fire. The rear and cab of the truck sustained damage. Reports list no cause for the fire.
Firefighters responded to a Ford Fusion fire at 3:36 p.m. Aug. 20 at the intersection of East First and Caddo streets. The car had been involved in an accident with no injuries. The car's engine bay was fully involved upon firefighters' arrival. They used 130 gallons of water to extinguish the fire.
Firefighters responded to yet another vehicle fire call at 7:49 p.m. Aug. 27 at the intersection of Main and West Henderson streets. Firefighters found the vehicle in a parking lot with the hood raised and the fire out when they arrived. The owner said a fuel leak may have started the fire. Cleburne police towed the vehicle from the scene.
Firefighters responded to a dumpster fire call at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 18 in the 100 block of Park Street. Firefighters used a deck gun and 1,800 gallons of water to extinguish the fire. Reports list no cause for the blaze.
Firefighters responded to a cooking fire call at 8:25 a.m. Aug. 20 in the 800 block of South Wilhite Street. The fire, contained to an oven, was out when firefighters arrived. The occupants put the fire out with an extinguisher then exited the house. Firefighters set fans and opened windows to clear the home of smoke. The occupants said they smelled smoke then saw fire inside the oven.
Firefighters responded to a grass fire at 2:45 p.m. Aug. 7 in the 4700 block of Texas 171. Firefighters found a small area of burned grass that was already extinguished when they arrived. A bystander told firefighters that he saw the fire and used an extinguisher to put it out.
Firefighters responded to an outside burning call at 8:17 p.m. Aug. 17 in the 3500 block of Dove Creek Road. They found a resident burning a pile of trash that was not contained. The resident had buckets of water nearby. Firefighters nonetheless employed a fire hose to extinguish the fire. They informed the resident that it is illegal to burn within city limits not to mention the fact that a county burn ban was in effect.
Cleburne firefighters responded to a mutual aid call at 4:49 p.m. Aug. 19 in the 300 block of Ranch Road to assist Joshua firefighters. One Cleburne crew set up to protect a structure from possible fire spread while another joined Joshua firefighters in fighting the blaze. Reports list no incidents of injury or damage nor do they list the cause of the fire.
The fire originated near the County Road 904 exit of the Chisholm Trail Parkway. Firefighters noted no obvious signs of ignition. Firefighters from Cleburne and the Johnson County Emergency Services District worked together to knock the fire down.
