ORANGE COUNTY, Texas — A structure fire broke out and sparked a wildfire on E Claire Dr, Orangefield.
Orange County Emergency Service District 1 responded along with Bridge City Volunteer Fire Department, West Orange Volunteer Fire Department, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Little Cypress Fire Department, Texas A&M Forest Service and Acadian.
The fire burned less than 20 acres and no homes were lost according to Bridge City Assistant Fire Chief Josh Taylor. He told 12News that the fire is 100% contained.
Taylor said that the dozers have left and the Forest Service will be back on scene Thursday to evaluate. Fire department staff will also be making random checks throughout the day.
No evacuations were called but Taylor said that there will be residual smoke for a couple of days.
There were over 2,00 residents in the area near the fire without power around 5 p.m. according to Entergy's Power Outage Map. Everyone's power is now restored as of 10 p.m. Wednesday night.
Orangefield ISD posted on their Facebook page that students at Orangefield High School, Orangefield Junior High and Orangefield Elementary students on bus 193 will need to be picked up at the campuses because of the grass fire.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.