Texas Brush Truck Burns, Firefighter Injured

Sept. 10--Rio Hondo firefighters battled a brush fire this afternoon that burned several acres and destroyed a brush truck and sent one firefighter to the hospital.

The fire was on Bishop Road near the intersection of State Highway 345, also known as Sam Houston Boulevard, Cameron County Emergency Coordinator Humberto Barrera said.

A caliche driveway is the only thing that seperated the flames from coming near two homes.

Fortunately the blaze, which burned 15 acres, was blocked by an irrigation road on one side and Bishop Road on the other side.

According to the Rio Hondo Fire Department, the brush truck got stuck when the flames engulfed it as firefighters battled the blaze.

The smoke could be seen from as far as San Benito.

Barrera said the San Benito Fire department assisted in putting out the fire.