Firefighters contain grass fire in North Rockwall Tuesday night

City of Rockwall (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 1, 2017) The Rockwall Fire Department responded to a call last night about a grass fire located on a tract of land within the City limits near the Rockwall/Collin County line.

The call was dispatched at approximately 4:10 p.m., and fire trucks arrived at the scene at about 4:24 p.m. The Rockwall Fire Department responded with a tanker truck, two brush trucks, and a total of 22 Rockwall firefighters, including eight full-time paid employees, one part-time paid driver, and 13 volunteers. Royse City Fire Department responded with two brush trucks, and Fate Department of Public Safety responded with one brush truck.

Firefighters were able to protect a residence located just north of the Rockwall/Collin County line; however, the grass fire did spread into Collin County before being brought under control. The Rockwall Fire Department was on the scene initially until about 6:40 p.m., and returned to extinguish remaining embers which were reported at about 10:00 p.m. – a common occurrence associated with grass fires. All units departed the scene by about 11:50 p.m. The City of Rockwall appreciates the hard work of all firefighters from all of the agencies responding to this incident.

Simultaneously, and unrelated to this incident, a fire in an outbuilding occurred in Collin County about four miles north of the grass fire. This fire was located outside of the Rockwall Fire Department’s response district. The Nevada Volunteer Fire Department responded to this fire, which was contained to the outbuilding, and despite their efforts, they were unable to save it. No other structures were involved in this fire.

Submitted by Lauri Dodd, Public Information Officer / Marketing, City of Rockwall