BREAKING: A massive grassfire has caught several homes on fire in BalchSprings.
•A large grass fire spread Monday afternoon into a Balch Springs neighborhood where it caught at least eight homes on fire.
The fire began as workers mowed a large field on the northwest corner of Interstate 20 and South Belt Line Road and then spread into an adjacent neighborhood where it first burned fences and then homes along the 14700 block of Broadview Drive. A string of 8-10 homes along Broadview, not far from Mackey Elementary School, has caught fire, according to the Balch Springs fire marshal. Several other structures along Bell Manor Court were threatened.
The Balch Springs fire marshal has asked that everyone on Broadview Drive and Bell Manor Court, which also backs up to the field where the grass fire started, to evacuate the area.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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