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After morning flare-up, fire near Salado under control
After a brief flare-up early this morning forced some to evacuate, the fire off of FM 2484 near Union Grove Road in Bell County is under control, officials said.
“Things are looking really good right now,” Texas Forest Service spokeswoman Renee Burks said this afternoon.
The fire, which began about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and has consumed at least 500 acres, is now 75 percent contained, Burks said. A brief, five-acre flare-up early this morning caused some residents to evacuate, but no structures have been damaged, and the fire is back under control after helicopters were sent in to “mop up,” she said.
The firefighter that was sent yesterday evening to Temple’s Scott & White Hospital for heat-related injuries has since been released, Burks said.
