A grass fire in Mexico yesterday (Thursday) afternoon is to blame for damaging 2 houses.
According to Mexico Public Safety it happened just before 3:30 in the 1000 block of Lakeview.
Responding personnel found that a resident was burning yard waste in a barrel, however went inside for a short time.
The burning debris from the barrel then caught the resident’s yard on fire and it spread into 2 neighboring yards before it was noticed by another neighbor.
The fire was put out however the siding on 2 houses was melted and an air conditioning unit was damaged.
No injuries were reported from the incident.