Brazoria County wildfire: Crews working to put out 2,500-acre fire burning on National Wildlife Refuge near CR 227 [Video]

BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 2,500-acre wildfire in the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge is 80% contained.

Firefighters told ABC13 they hope to have it fully contained Monday evening.

“It looked like it was probably about 9 p.m.,” Nora Hooker, who lives along the fire’s perimeter, said about the sky’s darkness.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fire Mitigation Specialist Ryan Vice said he believes firefighters will be able to prevent the fire from impacting homes like Hooker’s.

ABC13 Meterologist Elyse Smith said the heat index was 112 as Vice and his team battled the blaze Monday.

Vice said it’s kind of a losing battle this time of year, and explained that it is difficult to maintain hydration.

He said the team’s productivity is about half of what it is in the winter months, something that must be considered for staffing, a matter already made more complex by the landscape.

Firefighters must be trained to work …