‘Feed Yard’ brush fire near Rising Star contained

PHOTOS: A large brush fire, dubbed the Feed Yard Fire, burned 100 acres west of Rising Star on Sunday.

Around 3:30 p.m., The Rising Star Volunteer Fire Department units from Cisco, Carbon, Cross Plains responded to a brush fire off of County Road 266.

Those departments, along with the Texas A&M Forest Service, spent the evening controlling the blaze, with SEATs (Single Engine Air Tankers) filling up out of Lake Brownwood.

As of 9 p.m. Sunday night, the fire has been 100% contained and all units have been released.

KTXS-TV ABC/CW 12 Sweetwater

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