CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Community spirit isn't exactly a rarity, but there's just nothing quite like Coastal Bend community spirit.
Multiple Coastal Bend fire departments and agencies came together Sunday night to fight a large, fast-moving brush fire that destroyed 140 acres of land in Aransas County.
Rockport Fire Department first received a report of a grass fire Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. in the 2100 block of Johnson Road. As firefighters traveled to fight the fire, officials discovered that the blaze's great size and speed made it a danger to multiple buildings in the area.
Fire crews were split into two groups that fought the blaze at access points on Johnson Rd. and Smith Rd. The fire is now 85% contained, but has so far burned 140 acres of land and destroyed three RV vehicles.
As of yet, no one is reported to be injured.
Nearly 20 different fire departments and agencies from across the Coastal Bend are involved in the containment and investigation of the fire, including the following:
- Refugio Volunteer Fire Department
- Bayside Volunteer Fire Department
- Woodsboro Volunteer Fire Department
- Gregory Volunteer Fire Department
- Port Aransas Fire Department
- Flour Bluff Volunteer Fire Department
- Annaville Fire Department
- Ingleside Fire Department
- Nueces County ESD 3
- Bishop Volunteer Fire Department
- Aransas Pass Fire Department
- Ingleside on the Bay Volunteer Fire Department
- Texas Forest Service – Alice and Beeville
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Department of Public Services
- Aransas Pass Police Department
- Aransas County Sheriff's Office
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Aransas County EMC
Area Sonic, Whataburger and Dominoes restaurants have also donated food for the firefighters as they continue to extinguish the blaze.
Aransas County brush fire
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