Dry conditions have increased the volume of fires in the county, leading to at least five fires.
Those conditions prompted the Trinity County Commissioners Court to enact an outdoor burn ban on Thursday.
On Oct. 8, Trinity Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire on Goober Gap Road at approximately 4 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Fire Chief Keith Johnson said firefighters arrived on scene to find two vehicles and a single-wide mobile home engulfed in flames. Fifteen firefighters and an engine and tanker responded as well as Rescue 1, and 356 Fire Department responded with two tankers for water supply.
Johnson said the residents were able to escape the fire, but a pet was found deceased in a back bedroom.
Then in the afternoon of the same day, the Trinity Fire Department responded to a wildfire on FM 356 at Lake L Road. Two trucks and 10 men responded to the call and quickly extinguished the blaze.
On Wednesday, TVFD responded to three fires on Wednesday afternoon. The first call was a tractor on fire in a wooded area on FM 356 just inside the Polk County line.
Johnson said firefighters assisted 356 Fire Department and Onalaska Fire Department with extinguishing the fire.
Later that day, the department was dispatched to a truck on fire on South Highway 19.
Johnson said firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, but the truck was heavily damaged.
Then, as firefighters were leaving, Johnson said they were dispatched to Trinity Cove for a brush fire; this turned out to be a control burn and firefighters returned to the station.
