Fire calls for South Milam County volunteer fire departments, dispatched from the Rockdale Police Station during the past week included the following:
• 4:02 p.m. Feb. 18, Rockdale VFD responded to fire in 600 block of West Bell and discovered a chair on fire. Firefighters removed the chair to outside and extinguished the fire.
• 9:19 p.m. Thursday, Rockdale VFD responded to lot across from the 100 block of Sierra in Praesel Addition in response to a brush pile which had been set on fire. Milam County Sheriff’s Department had requested the RVFD to extinguish the blaze.
• 9:01 p.m. Friday, Rockdale VFD toned out to a reported structure fire at Gemini Pro-Lon, on US 77 just north of the US 77 intersection. RVFD responded and found no structure fire, only smoke from an oven.
• 2:13 a.m. Saturday, Rockdale VFD dispatched to gas leak in 500 block of Bowser. Atmos Energy arrived on scene and turned off gas.
• 10:43 p.m. Saturday, Thorndale VFD responded to small grass fire on County Road 437, just off CR 443.
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