I’ll trade you Fire Ants for Carpenter ants any day................
Drove through Texas once and one came in through the vent and nailed me. I had to pull off the road it burned so bad. And that was only one!
Have you tried instant grits?
We used instant grits in SC to get rid of numerous fire ant mounds. Cheap and mighty effective.
If they don’t go for the grits, try a product called Terro sold in Lowe’s.
It works quite well. Contains microscopic grains of borax.