No Injuries Reported After Fires – 710am KURV

No Injuries Reported After Fires – 710am KURV

Authorities are not reporting any injuries after battling fires in South Texas Monday. Donna’s fire chief says a wildfire jumped the Rio Grande River on Sunday night but was brought under control after burning 40 acres. But fire re-ignited yesterday near the Santa Anna National Wildlife Refuge and burned about 130 acres before it was stopped. Another fire was reported at a junkyard in Pharr yesterday afternoon. Units from Pharr, McAllen, San Jua…

The Pharr Fire Department works in a fire that occurred in a scrap yard and in a green area near Jackson Road. “Between 10 and 12 vehicles were involved,” said the deputy head of the Pharr Fire Department. McAllen, Edinburg, EMS of Pharr and San Juan firefighters participated in the work to extinguish the fire that has already been controlled.