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Wildfire Burns Hundreds Of Acres In Palo Pinto County
Chopper 11 picture of grassfire in Palo Pinto County. (credit: CBSDFW.COM) Updated 10:25 p.m. 7/5 PALO PINTO COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A wildfire has burned nearly 1,000 acres in Palo Pinto County. There...
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Outdoor Burn Bans Extend To 246 Texas Counties
COLLEGE STATION (AP) – The Texas Forest Service says the record number of counties with outdoor burn bans has reached 246 as the drought lingers. An agency map Monday showed scattered counties in...
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Shelter Set Up For Livestock From Bastrop Wildfires
ELGIN (CBSDFW.COM) – A shelter from the wildfires in Bastrop County has been set up in Elgin, but not for people. The livestock arena in Elgin, just east of Austin, has become the temporary home for...
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State: Power Line Sparks Likely Caused Central Texas Inferno
DALLAS (AP)- Sparks from electric power lines likely started the blaze that became the most destructive wildfire in Texas history, fire officials said Tuesday. The Sept. 4 blaze started near Bastrop...
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$152 Million In Ag Losses To Texas Wildfires
COLLEGE STATION (AP) – Enough fence to cross Texas from east to west nearly seven times, more than 1,500 head of livestock and swaths of pasture nearly twice the area of Delaware have burned in Texas...
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Drought, Heat & Wildfires Driving Up All Insurance Rates
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - So far, the record drought, heat wave and wildfires across the state have caused an estimated $10 billion in damages and losses are expected to grow. University of north...
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Texas Gets $31M HUD Grant For Wildfires Recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government has earmarked $31 million for Texas wildfires recovery with most of the money going to devastated Bastrop County. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun...
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Winds Fueled Fast Moving North Texas Brush Fire, Now Contained
DENTON COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Fire crews in Denton County received assistance from neighboring cities while fighting a huge brush fire that scorched 750 acres before it was contained. The fire mostly...
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Arson Investigators Looking Into Johnson County Fires
JOHNSON COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Johnson County arson investigators are searching for the person/persons responsible for setting several grass fires Monday morning. It was after 2:00 a.m. when Johnson...
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Suspects Arrested For Johnson County Grass Fires
Nathan Schwartz (left) and Marshall Ghilespi (right) were arrested for arson in relation to a series of grass fires in Johnson County. (credit: Johnson County Sheriff’s Office) JOHNSON COUNTY...
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Millions In Reimbursements For 2011 Wildfire Costs
A bull tries to escape a running wildfire on April 19, 2011 in Graford, Texas. (credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images) TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – By December of 2011 the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
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Rural Areas Benefitting From New Emergency Fire System
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – With both a Wind Advisory and Fire Weather Warning in effect across North Texas, dry, dangerous conditions should be a concern for everyone. Firefighters in Parker County...
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Fort Hood Officials Monitoring Grass Fire
FORT HOOD (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Officials at Fort Hood say they’re monitoring a grass fire near a training range at the Central Texas Army post. Fort Hood said in a news release Monday that the...
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Hot, Dry Conditions = Increased North Texas Grass Fire Risk
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter ARLINGTON (CBS 11 NEWS) – A dozen North Texas counties have declared burn bans as foliage and area residents wither during a long, dry summer. “We put water on our...
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Texas First-Responders Using Drones To Monitor Wildfire Threats
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter JOHNSON COUNTY (KRLD) – The heat has left North Texas vulnerable to grass fires, but a new tool is giving Johnson County firefighters an edge. Firefighters are...
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Drought, Other Factors Contribute To Larger Texas Wildfires
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Larger, more threatening wildfires are occurring at greater rates as Texas faces drought, development and changes in how land is used....
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‘Critical’ Wildfire Weather Expected In Texas, Oklahoma
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of dangerous wildfire conditions Monday in parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Red flag warnings have been issued for western...
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Wind Conditions Should Ease, Helping Crews Battle Wildfires
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter HUTCHINSON, Kan. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Winds are expected to diminish as emergency crews in Texas and three other states continue to battle wildfires that have killed...
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4 Governors Seek Grazing Assistance Because Of Wildfires
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The governors of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico are seeking temporary suspension of grazing restrictions for farmers and ranchers...
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Oklahoma Wildfire Destroys 9 Homes, Forces Evacuations
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter LONGTOWN, Oklahoma (AP) — Fire officials are suggesting a blaze that has destroyed at least nine homes in eastern Oklahoma and forced the evacuation of more than...
View ArticleTexas Panhandle Wildfire Burns More Than 69,000 Acres
WAYSIDE (AP) — Firefighters in the Texas Panhandle are working to contain a wildfire that’s blackened more than 69,000 acres. The Texas A&M Forest Service reports nearly 300 firefighters are at the...
View ArticleGrowing Colorado Wildfire Forces More Evacuations
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A growing wildfire burning in southwestern Colorado forced more people from their homes Sunday as crews tried to slow the blaze being fed by continued hot, dry and windy...
View ArticleExtreme Fire Danger Forces Another National Forest To Close
DENVER (AP) — Extreme fire danger prompted officials to shut down a sprawling forest that includes some of Colorado’s most stunning mountains in a region that attracts tourists from around the world, a...
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‘Like Dominoes’: Utah Homes Burn As Wildfires Menace U.S. West
DENVER (AP) — A fast-moving brush fire destroyed eight homes in the Utah tourist town of Moab, while more than 3,000 people in Colorado and Wyoming fled multiple wildfires scorching the...
View ArticleDrought-Stricken West Braces As Wildfire Season Flares Up
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands fled their homes as major wildfires encroached on a charred area of Northern California still recovering from severe blazes in recent years, sparking concern the state...
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Officials: Palo Pinto County Brush Fire Continues To Grow
PALO PINTO COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A wildfire burning in rough terrain outside Palo Pinto grew to 2,000 acres Tuesday. The rapid spread prompted the county judge to declare a local disaster, banning the...
View ArticleExploding Wildfires In The West Derail 4th Of July Plans
DENVER (AP) — A growing wildfire destroyed more than 100 homes in the Colorado mountains, while other blazes across the parched U.S. West kept hundreds of other homes under evacuation orders and...
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Abandoned Trucks Litter California Highway As Wildfire Rages
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people. The...
View ArticleMain California Highway Closed By Fire Until Declared Safe
SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Interstate 5 usually swarms with trucks and traffic as it winds its way through California. But the main highway between Mexico and Canada was a ghost road...
View ArticleCalifornia Highway Reopens After Blaze Forces 6-Day Closure
SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — A major interstate that connects Northern California to Oregon reopened Monday, six days after a wildfire roaring along the roadway forced its closure,...
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Funding Cuts Felt By Texas Volunteer Firefighters
U.S. Forest Service firefighter Erik Rodriguez battles a running wildfire on April 19, 2011 in Strawn, Texas. (credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images) AUSTIN (AP) – The director of the Texas Forest...
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