Fire sparked by windmill

By Melinda L. Lucas

Fires on opposites sides of the county had all available volunteers busy on Tuesday night, as well as a number of surrounding fire departments.

Rural fire chief Brad Henry said that local firefighters concentrated on a fire that burned about 550 acres on Davis and Van Zant properties, caused by a malfunctioning wind turbine.

Henry thought that a second fire to the north was actually in Throckmorton County and was taken care of by firefighters there.