CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The fire out on the island still burning, according to ESD #2.
There's no threat to the community. All the grassland burned appears to be outside of Padre Island National Seashore.
Eight fire crews have been at work all day to put out a large fire that has burned more than 100 acres.
Island resident, Eric Rhett spoke with 3NEWS and said, "it was just so small and all of a sudden this? Like, what happened?"
Derrel Ezell is a new island resident, he explained "My wife had called when she was heading towards San Antonio. She saw a bunch of fire trucks heading over the JFK causeway." Ezell said, "I thought 'man, I wonder where that's coming from?' It looked in our direction of where our new home is being built and I thought 'I better get over here and just check it out."
Fire Chief of ESD #2, Weston Beseda spoke with 3NEWS and said, "We're estimating right now about 150 acres have burned."
Beseda said, as of Sunday night residents can expect to see smoke still. He explained, "There is no danger to the public. The fire is going to continue to burn towards the water and eventually extinguish itself."
He added that there was more risk to the fire equipment than anything else. "The terrain is extremely difficult to get our equipment through. Much of the area is mushy and even has water that we can't see. The apprentice going those areas to extinguish the fires are getting stuck."
The Fire Chief said the cause of the fire is still under investigation and added that the rumor that kids started the fire have also not been verified.
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