VIDEO: Robstown police have arrested two juveniles in connection with five fires that occurred over the weekend, charging them with arson. The fires included three abandoned homes and two small grass fires that occurred nearby, causing concern among neighbors.
“The firemen were hauling hoses and putting out that fire on that house across the street,” Ricardo Zavala, a Robstown neighbor, said. Zavala witnessed the Robstown Fire Department extinguishing a fire at an abandoned home on 105 Ruiz St on Thursday, June 19th. “The following day it happened again,” Zavala said. Neighbors in the area expressed fear about the fires occurring so close to their homes.