At about 12:30 p.m., firefighters in Nolanville received word of a grass fire breaking out in the 400 block of Glen Hollow. The fire, started by a lawn mower, burned more than 40 acres.

“They fought that one for four hours,” Casey said. “No structures were damaged besides a little shed.”

Eight agencies responded to the fire, including the West Side Strike Force that includes Killeen, Harker Heights, Nolanville, Southwest Bell, Stillhouse Hollow and Copperas Cove fire departments.

While firefighters got the Nolanville fire under control, another grass fire broke out in Rogers near Knob Hill and Farm to Market Road 2184 at about 1:15 p.m., Casey said.

The blaze began as an electrical fire in a shed that stands on the private property. Two buildings that were part of a turkey farm were destroyed in the flames.

At 5 p.m., firefighters were still fighting the fire that burned more than 300 acres.

“We fought the fire for a long time and we’re still fighting it,” Casey said late Thursday afternoon. “We’re putting out hot spots.”

But there was no break in sight for the weary Bell County firefighters. Departments from Southwest Bell County and Killeen were called out to a grass fire in Williamson County that had already burned 300 acres.

Because these fires can be started so easily, Casey warns Bell County residents to exercise extreme caution.

“Everybody needs to be careful,” he said. “No burning trash or burning at all. If anybody is burning a control burn, they will be fined.”