Texas A&M Forest Service and Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) firefighters responded to 7 new requests for assistance on wildfires across the state. Fire resources also continued suppression efforts on 5 carryover wildfires.
Active Fires:
– Eastland Complex, Eastland County – est. 45,383 acres, 15% contained as a total complex. The complex consists of 4 wildfires: Kidd Fire, Eastland County (est. 34,000, 15% contained); Oak Mott Fire, Brown County (est. 6,000 acres, 50% contained); Wheat Field Fire, Eastland County (est. 5,000 acres, 25% contained); Walling Fire, Eastland County (383 acres, 100% contained).
– Crews Gap Fire, Runnels County – est. 7,500 acres, 80% contained
– Realitos Fire, Duval County – est. 1,200 acres, 0% contained
Contained Fires (100%):
– Chico Lane Fire, Reagan County – 8,000 acres
– Edmunson Fire, Sterling County – 3,861 acres
– La Paloma Fire, Starr County – 1,036 acres
– Pia Fire, Archer County – 16 acres
– Van Zandt 1522 Fire, Van Zandt County – 17 acres
– Sands Fire, Jim Wells County – 3 acres
– Owens Fire, Jack County – 166 acres
– Morris 1628 Fire, Morris County – 1 acre
To view the Texas A&M Forest Service statewide active fire response map, navigate to https://public.tfswildfires.com.
For frequent incident updates, visit https://twitter.com/AllHazardsTFS.
The above information, and information on our Twitter page, reflects fires to which Texas A&M Forest Service is responding.