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GRASS FIRES - 1
The fire laddies have another go at the less romantic
side of firefighting -- containing a pair of grass-
fires in the North Richland Hills area of Tarrant
County] . H. Rainey keeps tabs on the flames as they
sizzle along closer and closer to his home. Before
it was stopped, the fire moved through the Raineyfront yard but did not touch the house.
The outbreak,
an
from unknown cause, was first reported at about
11 this morning, just north of state highway-121 along* Precinct-Line Road.
Fi. n sandH
Fire units from V'Hillsand North Richland hills had it under control three
Near-
hours later, after it swept 100-acres.
the Greenvally drag strip, anothef fire fogs the road-
ways. About 50 acres scorched, but no damage
reported to any of the homes in the area.
Mrs. Melba Cate of route-one- Smithfield reportstouch-and-go 41' between the fire and her home.
The
one got to within 30-feet of the other, and burned all
WOMAN
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Grass fires], script, February 4, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc966187/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.