RV fire leaves Denver man high and dry
Alexandria Randolph/Highland Lakes Newspapers
No one was hurt when an RV caught fire while traveling on Farm to Market Road 1174 Saturday night, Nov. 5, but the vehicle was a complete loss.
By Alexandria Randolph
Highland Lakes Newspapers
No one was injured when an RV caught fire in the northbound lane of Farm to Market Road 1174 on Saturday evening.
At about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, Bertram Volunteer Firefighters were called to FM 1174 just 200 feet south of the entrance to Balcones Canyonlands Wildlife Refuge Doeskin Ranch, where an RV was already engulfed in flame.
Bertram Volunteer Fire Chief Bobby Huffstuttler said the owner of the vehicle had made it out before the fire consumed the cabin.
“He said he was driving and heard the engine make a strange noise,” Huffstuttler said.
The driver pulled as far off the road as possible, with a portion of the RV still in the northbound lane, and stopped to inspect the situation.
“He pulled the hood off and the engine was already on fire,” Huffstuttler said, adding that the driver attempted to use a fire extinguisher, but it “didn't do any good.”
The driver, a man from Denver, Colo., was unharmed, but perhaps a little put out.
“He said he just bought the RV 20 or 30 minutes before this happened,” Huffstuttler said.
Traffic heading both directions on FM 1174 was held for roughly 40 minutes while firefighters put out the fire and cleaned the roadway.
