Several families in La Joya picked up hoses alongside firefighters from across Hidalgo and Starr counties to battle a 10-acre brush fire in their backyards.

Resident Ricardo Aguilar said he saw the fire coming up to his fence line at around noon Wednesday near Garza Avenue and Mile 9 1/2 Road. 

Aguilar said he lost a truck and a shed full of things belonging to his father-in-law.

“Now that he's gone… I mean, we were trying to hold on to them and save them and pass them on down the line, but it's not gonna [happen] now,” Aguilar said.

According to the Texas A&M Forest Service website, the fire is 95% contained as of Wednesday at 9 p.m.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, and there is currently an elevated risk of wildfires in the Rio Grande Valley.

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