Single Incident Information

 UPDATE: The Ameritex fire has reached 100 percent containment. However, local fire departments will continue to monitor the fire for the next few days.
 
A structure fire quickly turned into a wildfire in just off Highway 90 in Seguin, Guadalupe County. Firefighters were called to the structure fire, which quickly spread to a barn, then ignited four small wildfires. The 5-10 mile-per-hour southerly winds then caused the four smaller fires to become a 30-acre fire. Texas A&M Forest Service was dispatched at 1549 and worked in a unified command with Guadalupe County Fire Department. Priority was given to protecting between 20-30 homes which were threatened, while TAMFS deployed two dozers and a Type 3 Engine. The dozers worked to construct fire containment lines through heavy brush on the east and west flanks, while fire apparatus from Geronimo Volunteer Fire Department, South Hays VFD, New Braunfels VFD, City of Seguin VFD, Schertz VFD, Lake McQueeney VFD, and Kingsbury worked to extinguish active flames and residual heat. Two helicopters conducted air suppression operations on the more active areas of the fire Also assisting was the Schertz Emergency Medical Services.