The blaze destroyed 200 acres of grass and cane about a mile south of the banks of the Rio Grande river, said Fire Chief Manuel Mello.

“We had four trucks and approximately eight personnel on the scene yesterday, and that fire continued to burn until this morning,” Mello said Friday.

Winds were blowing at approximately 10 to 15 miles an hour at the time the fire began, but subsided by Friday which helped the fire department control the situation.

The area that was burning was mostly brush, and the fire was not a danger to the public.

The incident was reported to the Eagle Pass Fire Department by Kickapoo Tribal Police.

“We responded with a large fire truck because we thought it was a house fire they did not specify what type of fire, so we responded with a large fire truck which in a way helped out because that truck was also used as a transport of water,” said Mello who added that the cause of the fire will most likely remain unknown. “A lot of acreage was burned and the winds shifted from northeast to south. It burned one way then the other way so the cause of the fire will be pretty difficult to determine.”