Robert LeJeune, a Duralde pilot and volunteer from the northern part of the Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District, helps to control the pasture fire in the South Tepetate area, the southernmost portion of the district. (Photo by Darren Redlich)
By: DARREL LEJEUNE
LSN Editor
TEPETATE - Fueled by wind and fought with will, a fast-moving grass fire swept through roughly 12 acres of pasture land Thursday afternoon, October 23, in the rural South Tepetate area along Mamou Prairie Road, about eight miles south of Basile.
According to the Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District (AEFPD), the blaze began when a tractor owned by local resi…
