Three grass fires on County Road 267 just south of Brownwood burned an estimated 30 acres of land Tuesday afternoon and evening, according to Brownwood Fire Chief Eric Hicks. Those fires are also being investigated by the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, as well as Fire Marshal Buddy Preston.

“Right now the fire on 267 South, we have the sheriff office’s looking into that, and the fire marshal is also involved in that a little bit, too,” said Hicks, who added he could not comment further. “We are asking everyone to be diligent, keep an eye out and report anything they see that seems suspicious.”

“Yesterday a little after 3:30 p.m. we recorded that the first fire call came in,” Hicks said. “We responded to 267 South and upon arrival at that fire we saw other fires farther down south on 267. We split our crews up at that time into basically three separate firefighting crews and then worked the three fires on 267.

With fire weather conditions of triple-digit temperatures, a lack of rain, low humidity and varying wind speeds expected to continue through this week at the very least, Hicks urged even more caution than normal.

“Anything from mowing to shredding, any type of machine operating can cause a situation,” Hicks said. “Right now it’s just about being diligent, prepared and careful. And no outside burning to be safe right now.”

Brown County is currently under a burn ban.