As a three-acre fire continued raging for nearly a week now, health officials confirmed something that neighbors feared.
A burning mulch fire still glowed Thursday night, nearly a week after it ignited at a three-acre Spring Branch construction site.
Officials used a town hall Thursday evening to address concerns over the ongoing incident off Hollister and Hammerly. Dozens of residents were in attendance. The health department said no alerts were issued because even though there were some elevated air quality readings, the average of all the readings was below federal standards."You're getting a tickle in your throat, lots of coughing," one neighbor said. "And it's normally during sleep time. been coughing most of the night."
Chief Samuel Pena added that it's tough to extinguish because of stumps and other vegetation that need to be broken up.According to Pena, a home builder had been working on the land, but the chief did not say what caused the fire. He said no burning permits were issued.
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