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What was reported to be a fully engulfed house fire south of Kirbyville on Wednesday afternoon turned out to be a controlled burn of an old barn. The blaze was reported during the noon hour at a house near Call Junction Baptist Church on Highway 96. Kirbyville firefighters arrived a short time later and reported that the people conducting the burn had plenty of water on hand and they were keeping the fire under control.