July 26, 2023 - County Road 2050 was the scene of a dual house fire Sunday, July 23, 2023, which was responded to by two fire departments and the Texas Forest Service.
According to the Center Fire Department, firefighters were called out at 3:05pm for a structure fire, and with smoke being visible once the fire truck was on Loop 500, Shelbyville Volunteer Fire Department was contracted to assist before firefighters arrived at the scene. Once at the 300 block of CR 2050, one house was fully involved in fire and had already collapsed. A vehicle beside the house was also fully involved, and another vehicle was in immediate danger of catching on fire.
Firefighters were able to save the other vehicle, which was heavily damaged.
The fire went through the woods by the first structure into a pasture, and a slightly wooded area, where it caught a vacant mobile home on fire as well. The fire personnel saved the second house, which was approximately a third damaged. Texas Forest Service mapped somewhere between five and 10 acres which had burned.
As the fire progressed, some of the fire crews were dispatched to a nearby roadway on the other side of the fire to perform structure protection on County Road 2231 until the bull dozer could get there and finish building a fire break.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
Area fire departments have continued to respond to wildfires in Shelby County. Residents are encouraged to continue to comply with the burn ban.
