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At 1:47pm, Ward 6 Fire responded to a woods fire on High Hope Rd. @ Anthony Ferry Rd.

On arrival approx 3 acres were burning in a wooded area and spreading toward a residential structure. Firefighters deployed fire attack lines and quickly extinguished the fire advancing toward the structure. A brush UTV was deployed to contain the fire that hoselines couldn't reach.

HOUSTON RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT was requested through Mutual Aid and responded with a brush truck and brush UTV.

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry was requested to respond and on their arrival utilized a dozer plow to construct containment lines around the area.

At 5:47pm, Ward 6 was dispatched to the same location again. On arrival all fires were still within the containment lines. Small fires were extinguished near the road.

Tonight and tomorrow there will be smoke in the area from numerous trees and stumps burning inside the burn area.