7:00 pm SATURDAY UPDATE

A house is a total loss following a fire late Saturday afternoon a few miles south of Brownwood.  The house is in the 8000 block of County Road 201.  No one was home at the time of the fire, there were no injuries or loss of life.  It is unknown if there were any pets in the house.

Lt. Colton Tibbitts of the Winchell Volunteer Fire Department was in charge of the fire response.

“We received a call for a structure fire on CR 201, right around 5:00 pm this evening.  I was the first to arrive with Winchell Squad 12.  We arrived to find a house, a single story structure, about half way involved (in fire).  I initiated incident command.  The house is a total loss.  Nobody was home, so no saves were needed.”

Firefighters from five different fire departments battled the flames.  They include Winchell Volunteer Fire Department, Brookesmith VFD, Brownwood Fire Department, Early Fire Department, and North Lake VFD.  Also responding were Brown County Emergency Management, Lifeguard EMS, Oncor Electric, and the Red Cross.

ORIGINAL STORY BELOW

As of 5:00 pm Saturday, numerous fire departments were sent to County Road 201, a few miles south of Brownwood off Highway 377.  The initial call for help came in as a large structure fire.  As of 5:30 pm, firefighters are still trying to bring the blaze under control and other departments are arriving to help.  No further information is available right now but we have a reporter in route.    The smoke can be seen from as far away as Coleman.  (photo courtesy KOXE employee)