The residents talk about the youngest grass fire near LC

Laredo, Tex. (KGNS) – Firefighters in downtown Laredo fought against a grassbrand, which led to evacuation of residents near Ventura St. less than 24 hours later, the police identified a suspect.

Samuel Chavez and his family, near the Zaragoza St. and Mowry Ave. Life was announced that they would have to leave their home, like many other residents after a massive fire broke out in their neighborhood.

“It had become hard and the smoke was a little strong.” The police visited us here and told us that we should evacuate and we stayed with my son, and everything was calm. “

From 8 p.m. on Monday, March 17, until 1 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, officials from the Laredo fire brigade fought against the flames to prevent them from spreading.

Two hours later, the Laredo police received a call about another case, which was ultimately connected to the grass fire.

“We received an arson in a local motel near Santa Ursula's 2600 block.

Espinoza says that they were able to connect with the fire behind the Laredo College during the questioning. “Through further investigations, he admitted to starting the fire near the LC area.

Sebastian Valero with LFD says that the weather conditions played a factor for burning around 30 to 40 hectares of land and noticed: “It was pretty windy, and because it was an open area, there was not much structure that the area was over, so that the wind was over and it was quite strong.

Despite the short evacuation phase, Chavez is happy that none of his family members were injured and his house was not affected by the fire.

“The fire brigade was there and they were very attentive.

According to Webb County prison records, Jose Martinez remains in custody.

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