Firefighters battled blaze, but in the end lost a structure

At around 12:50 pm Monday afternoon Newton, Burkeville, and Bon Wier Volunteer Fire Departments as well as The Texas Forest Service were called out to a camp house just off Highway 87 South of Newton owned by Keith Crane of Livingston.

All images courtesy of NVFD Captain Melanie Smith

The cause of the blaze was thought to be a wood pile from the previous week. The high winds caused it to rekindle. The fire was contained at around 3 pm and had burned just over 3 acres.

Then, at around 7 pm, departments were called back because a hollow tree was burning inside and there were various hot spots.

Of the two structures on the property, an old camp house was lost to the blaze.