CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A fire was started as a result of last night's firework display on Padre Island.
According to officials with the Nueces County Emergency Services Department #2, it was just two minutes into the show before flaming debris landed on a small man-made island.
Fire Chief Dale Scott said the fire burned for several hours before it went out earlier Monday. No one was ever in any danger.
"The wind was out of the southeast so it was blowing all of the smoke and everything away from that little island and any embers would have been carried into the Laguna Madre and extinguished," Scott said.
Scott said crews were still keeping an eye on the fire as late as 3:30 a.m. He also tells us that an occasional burn can be good for the land and its inhabitants.
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