PHOTOS: East Texas fire departments work together to put out blaze

GUN BARREL CITY, Texas ( KETK ) – Several East Texas fire departments worked together to fight a structure fire Thursday night at the Cherokee Shores subdivision.

According to Payne Springs Fire Rescue, they were alerted at around 10:33 p.m. of a structure at the Cherokee Shores subdivision that was on fire.

“Engine 1 arrived to find the structure 90% involved,” PSFR said. “Crews made an exterior attack on the fire due to the amount of fire present.”

The departments that assisted in fighting the blaze included Gun Barrel City Fire, Eustace Fire, Caney City Fire, Log Cove Fire and Malakoff Fire, PSFR said.

The volunteer fire department said the structure did not seem occupied and there was no power.

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