Minutes after 12 p.m. Eagle Pass Fire Department personnel were summoned to an area near the Elm Creek Flea Market - in the outskirts of the community - regarding a motor vehicle on fire.
Upon arriving at the scene Fire Department personnel, Maverick County Sheriff Department deputies, and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers found a vehicle engulfed in flames.
At that point, Fire Department personnel began to battle the blaze to try to keep it under control and assure that the vehicle's gas tank would not explode.
Minutes later the fire department was able to turn off the blaze.