73 automobiles destroyed in a fireplace at a Texas pumpkin patch

Over the weekend, the Robinson Family Farm in Temple, Texas, held considered one of its three common annual occasions, a Fall Festival with the fan favourite pumpkin patch. The day did not go as deliberate after a fireplace began within the subject of dry grass the place guests parked their automobiles, consuming 73 automobiles, a few of them lowered to wheels and scraps of charred metallic.

One attendee on Facebook wrote, “I have to say that is the most exciting and expensive pumpkin patch we’ve been to” after their household van “burned to a crisp.”

The Bell County Fire Marshall’s Office suspects the fireplace began when somebody threw a cigarette into the grass. Fire Marshall Chris Mahlstedt wrote on Facebook, “We are seeking information on a possible person who may have discarded a cigarette into the grassy parking area. There have been some comments made on multiple social media posts stating there may have been witnesses to this claim.”

The excellent news is nobody was injured. Farm proprietor Helen Robinson thanked a supportive group and says it’ll take time to get the place again so as. She instructed native channel KXAN, “We still want to be the Robinson Family Farm that everybody knows and loves. Be patient with us as we work through that.” The farm is attempting to open once more this weekend, and has taken a number of steps to offer attendees the October expertise everybody wished, resembling by preserving the pumpkin patch open an extra weekend. KXAN stated the farm can be “accepting donations of car seats and other needs for the attendees who lost their vehicles in Saturdays fire.”

Drought situations within the space have Bell County below a burn ban, a choice the Fire Marshall’s Office posted about on the finish of final month. Gusty winds labored with the dry grass to unfold the fireplace by way of the assembled automobiles. The Bell County fireplace marshal and Sheriffs Department are persevering with to analyze.