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POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Polk County fire crews and the Texas A&M Forest Service have fully-contained a 14-acre wildfire reportedly started by illegal burning.
According to Polk County Emergency Management officials, firefighters responded Monday afternoon to a tract of land near Pine Grove Road and Farm-to-Market Road 62, between Corrigan and Chester.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said deputies found a homeowner trying to put out a fire that had spread from a burn barrel.
Deputies then began warning others living nearby of the spreading fire, a news release stated.