Martin County Wildfire Reignites, Burns 200 More Acres

By: Dylan Brooks

Updated: March 2, 2011

MARTIN COUNTY -- A Martin County wildfire that crews were battling Tuesday re-ignited Wednesday morning.

    The fire burned 200 acres Wednesday, after about 400 acres were scorched Tuesday afternoon.

    Local fire crews called in the Texas Forest Service around 10:45 PM. Fire crews used a plane to attack the fire from the air, which put the flames out.

    Firefighters said that a drilling rig was threatened at one point, but no homes were in the fires path and no one was hurt.

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