Smoke rises from a brush fire that burns Monday afternoon southwest of Odessa. Initially, the South Odessa Volunteer Fire Department was called out to respond to the blaze near Pleasant Farms. Subsequently, the Odessa Fire Department responded to calls near the Odessa Meteor Crater, which turned out being the same fire. The West Odessa Volunteer Fire Department and Goldsmith Volunteer Fire Department also responded to the fire. The call initially came in at 4:09 p.m. and units were back in service at 8:29 p.m. The fire burned about 1,500 acres and its cause is unknown.