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2 firefighters suffer burn injuries in San Jacinto County wildfire
The firefighters were taken to a hospital after suffering 1st and 2nd-degree burns.
It’s not known when the fire started and what cause it, but firefighters spent much of Wednesday afternoon and evening trying to put out the fire that was burning off FM 946, just west of Lake Livingston.
Officials said the fire was in a pine plantation, which is a crop of pine trees used to harvest timber.
Two nearby homes had to be evacuated. At least 12 homes were in danger of being caught in the fire. Nearby residents reported seeing ash falling due to the wildfire.
Air 11 flew over the scene and saw a helicopter taking water from Lake Livingston to throw over the large wildfire. Multiple aircraft assisted as well as firefighters.
No injuries were reported.