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Fires continue throughout area

by | Feb 9, 2017 | Latest

Farmersville FD Assistant Fire Chief Larry Durbin and Firefighter Trevor Redwine help area departments battle a structure fire Saturday, Feb. 4 on CR 951 outside Princeton. Photo by Wyndi Veigel/The Farmersville Times.

With a plethora of ongoing sirens in the past week, Farmersville residents may be pondering what is the reason for an uptake in emergency calls.

The answer is a fairly simple one: fires, both grass and structure hit the area hard.

Farmersville FD responded for mutual aid on a house fire on CR 951 outside Princeton around 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.

By Wyndi Veigel • News Editor • [email protected]

For the complete story see the Feb. 9 edition of The Farmersville Times or click here for the e-Edition.

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