Backyard fire set during mental health episode

Heard on: Zapata County Sheriff Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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I'll be out on Ninth and First now.

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Looks like a subject might have set something on fire in the backyard.

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Can you turn on this one? Yeah, I cut you off.

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Unfortunately, I'll be on Ninth and First now.

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Step four. Thirteen spot, can you run (number withheld) school? Have you a trip at (number withheld) ?

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Thirteen 27 comes back to five C school.

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Have you a trip by (name withheld) out of Zapata? He is not eligible.

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Driver license expired 2015 .

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ID expires 2032 .

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Negative 29 .

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For negative local.

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For standby, let me go ahead and check.

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Five 13 , 05:13 .

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D five Zapata for 43 .

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Made contact with the parents.

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They said that like his going through a mental health episode.

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Made contact with like his in the backyard.

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And the fire has been put out.

2026-10-20 12:56 UTC

Fire

9th Ave, Zapata, TX 78076

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded near Ninth and First in Zapata for a report that a person may have set something on fire in a backyard. The fire was reportedly already out, and the person was said to be having a mental health episode.