Several Brown County fire departments responded Friday evening to the request for mutual aid on a call of “multiple grass fires threatening multiple structures” in the vicinity of 7140 Clifden Drive in the Shamrock Shores area near Lake Brownwood.

The emergency call was dispatched shortly before 6 p.m.

At one point, fire departments were requesting assistance from the Brown County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Public Safety in aiding with evacuation efforts, according to scanner traffic.

According to a 9 p.m. post on the Lake Brownwood Bridge VFD Facebook page, the fires in Shamrock Shores are contained, but work still continues. A preliminary report stated 1 house/shed burned, 2 houses slightly burned but were saved, 29 structures were threatened and 14 acres were scorched. The fire was scattered across 5 blocks.