Unincorporated Dallas County community seeks access to running water after grass fire

After a grass fire in an unincorporated Dallas community was made worse by its lack of access to running water, community activists are seeking a solution to implement a water system.

Sand Branch grass fire What we know: Sand Branch, a small community on unincorporated land in southern Dallas County, does not have access to running water or a sewage system.

That lack of access to water hindered firefighters in fighting a 10-acre grass fire that broke out in the area last Saturday.