{"id":473052,"date":"2026-10-22T05:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473052\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T05:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:36:28","slug":"power-line-sparks-grass-fire-on-padre-island-leaving-thousands-without-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473052\/","title":{"rendered":"Power line sparks grass fire on Padre Island, leaving thousands without power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters stopped the flames from spreading near Park Road 22 and Access Road 4. No injuries or property damage were reported.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A power line sparked a grass fire on Padre Island Wednesday afternoon, prompting an emergency response and power interruptions affecting thousands of residents.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Hnf5sppb2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nueces County Emergency Services District No. 2\u00a0<\/a>(ESD 2), the fire broke out near Park Road 22 and Beach Access Road 4 after electricity arced from a power line.<\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                                This story continues below.<\/p>\n<p>Corpus Christi firefighters and ESD 2 crews responded and worked together to keep the flames from spreading.<\/p>\n<p>    Power line sparks grass fire on Padre Island<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img class=\"gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beedbb94-274a-44fc-8430-b1c6228c9e7a_750x422.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>                                    <img class=\"gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/c323eb51-9db5-412c-8ff1-0430cffe4a2d_750x422.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>                                    <img class=\"gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b1e76a67-49ef-40fa-a3b1-1f784e28c312_750x422.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>                                    <img class=\"gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a97e5d7d-0310-4ea9-9d88-8393838ffb5e_750x422.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>                                    <img class=\"gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/c9fefce5-34f0-4fd0-80dc-04542bad5fa9_750x422.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>                                    <img class=\"gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a9745734-3894-4d87-b75d-5a18e78279bd_750x422.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        1<br \/>\n                        \/<br \/>\n                        6\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Officials said no buildings were ever in danger, and no injuries or additional damage were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, the AEP Texas outage map showed 2,366 customers without power in the area, with the outage initially listed as weather-related.<\/p>\n<p>ESD 2 said island residents should expect power interruptions until approximately 3 p.m. as crews address the situation.<\/p>\n<p>While officials confirmed the grass fire was caused by electrical arcing from a power line, they did not explicitly confirm whether that same issue caused the widespread outage. 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