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` PPRORIMA1ELY 25 ACRES DESTROYED SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION BY GRASS FIRE
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College Station firemen battled a hard -to- get -, i���_ 4
to blaze south of town early Saturday morning` ' i
and before it was over had to pull two fire trucks ,_
out of the mud.
Before the blaze could be brought under
control, 25 acres about two miles south of the
Ponderosa Inn on Greene's Prairie Road were
blackened. Horses in the area were threatened,
but were moved by oviners before the flames
reached them.
Each time fire fighters almost extinguished
the fire gusting winds would fan new flames and
their work would begin again.
An observer at the scene said that parts of the
field were very muddy and soft due to recent
rains. Both fire trucks battling the blaze got
stuck in the quagmire and a wrecker called to
free them got stuck itself. He reported one fire
truck then had to free the wrecker.
Unit 10 fire truck was stuck all the way up to
the hub caps and scraped its underside while
being freed. Reportedly the trucks had to empty
the remainder of their water tanks in order to
free themselves.
Back at the fire station, firemen had to clean
up their mud -caked vehicles. MORE PROBLEMS THAN FIRE
(Photos by Peter Leabo)