Wildfire Update – March 21, 2022 7:30 pm
Texas A&M Forest Service and Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) fire resources responded to multiple new requests for assistance on wildfires. Crews made good progressing in containing several carryover wildfires.
Active Fires:
– Ramsey Fire, Brown County – est. 1,800 acres, 60% contained
– Eastland Complex, Eastland County – est. 54,134 acres, 60% contained. The complex consists of 7 fires that are being managed together:
– Kidd Fire, Eastland County (42,333 acres, 45% contained)
– Blowing Basin Fire, Eastland County (258 acres, 60% contained)
– Cedar Mountain Fire, Eastland County (179 acres, 40% contained)
– Oak Mott Fire, Brown County (4,031 acres, 80% contained)
– Wheat Field Fire, Eastland County (7,268 acres, 60% contained)
– Mangum Fire, Eastland County (est. 11 acres, 95% contained)
– Walling Fire, Eastland County (383 acres, 100% contained)
– Crews Gap Fire, Runnels County – est. 8,100 acres, 90% contained
– Big L Fire, Erath/Hood County – est. 11,000 acres, 20% contained
– Rifle Club Fire, Reeves County – 106 acres, 95% contained
– Loma East Fire, Jim Wells County – est. 300 acres, 50% contained
Contained Fires (100%):
– Birdwell Fire, Howard County – 28 acres
– Sunday Late Fire, Live Oak County – 175 acres
– White Tree Fire, Jim Wells County – 40 acres
– Bowie 0404 Fire, Bowie County – 22 acres
– Rusk 0916 Fire, Rusk County – 19 acres
– Story Fire, La Salle County – 57 acres
– Palm Plantation Fire, Nueces County – 58 acres
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.