Three Colleyville homes suffered major fire damage on Tuesday beginning around 4:30 PM. The initial fire in Woodland Hills was located at 2909 Scarborough Lane West. The Tarrant County Appraisal (TAD) district lists the owners as Jamie and Susan Phillips. the current occupants are believed to be the Steve Cutter family.  A distressed Mrs. Barbara Cutter was still at the scene late Tuesday night. 

The second home, in the same subdivision is located at 4100 Oxford Court and TAD lists the homeowner as Juan Capello.

Colleyville Fire Chief Mike Johnston said the cause of initial fire is still under investigation, however the home had a wood shingle roof. The Oxford home fire started when the winds from the south blew hot embers on that wood shingle roof.

The Chief estimated both homes virtually a total loss, with the Scarborough home suffering an estimated $800,000 damage and the Oxford home at $1 million. The damage may be even higher, depending on the loss of content.

The Woodland Hills fire was responded from the Bedford fire station arrived  after the emergency 911 call.  Bedford firefighters indicated that traffic did slow their response time, however they were believed to have arrived on the scene between 3 and 4 minutes after the call was received.

The Woodland Hills fires went to 5 alarms with multiple fire departments responding.

Within about two hours of the Woodland Hills fire, a home located at 8109 Montplier in Monticello was reported on fire. Firefighter Johnny Collins said the homeowners are Mike and Jennifer Rice. Collins estimated the damage at $220,000.

Chief Johnston has been Chief for 3 ½ years and Johnny Collins for the past 9 years with the City of Colleyville. Both firefighters said the damage was the most intense in their experience in the city.

The Woodland Hills fire was so intense that other homeowners, living blocks from the fire, were told to turn on the sprinklers and hose down any wood shingle roofs. The danger to other homes was as far away as Hickory Hill in the area.

Chief Johnston says he had a survey conducted in Colleyville and an estimated 1,200, out of 7,500 homes have wood shingles. He indicated that he would continue to push for an ordinance against any future wood shingle roofs.

Chief Johnston said this fire could have easily been much worse and that it is surprising more homes were not involved. The firefighters would be stationed at the Oxford home all night because there were hot spots in the structure.

There were no reported injuries as a result of fighting these homes that were both fully engulfed in flames.