On Saturday, March 21, the Silverton Volunteer Fire Department was called to assist the Tulia Volunteer Fire Department in fighting a wildfire at FM 145 and CR 25 in Kress (Swisher County).
There were structures threatened, but all structures were saved from fire involvement with the exception of a single uninhabited chicken coop. The fire burned an estimated total of 100 acres. Lockney and Kress f…