According to the National Weather Service, satellite imagery showed late Sunday afternoon that a massive wildfire was quickly approaching the City of Matador, more than an hour’s drive northeast of Lubbock. The NWS says this fire poses a grave threat to life and property in Matador. Mandatory evacuations have been issued. www.kcbd.com See lots of [...]
Sixteen fire engines from departments across the state are being stationed throughout West Texas in preparation for potentially-devastating wildfire conditions expected Sunday. The engines — brush trucks specifically designed to battle wildfires — are being activated through the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS), a statewide agreement that allows communities to call upon each [...]
From the Microplex News See photos here. A fire that started between Highway 16 and Ranger Hill on the north side of I-20, jumped Highway 16 moving across Strawn Valley Ranch and took out a main electrical transformer in it’s path. It is estimated that electrical service may be out until midnight tonight. It is [...]
By Elizabeth Campbell, Mitch Mitchell and Chance Welch in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram A fast-moving grass fire started by a man burning trash scorched about 245 acres Thursday near Peaster and Poolville in Parker County, officials said. The fire, fueled by dry vegetation and spread by winds up to 40 mph, threatened 18 homes and [...]
By Joe Gamm in The Amarillo Globe-News Firefighters credit two single-engine air tankers stationed in Amarillo with saving homes from a fast-moving grass fire Wednesday afternoon near Lake Meredith National Recreation Area. “If the SEATs had not flown and dumped the two retardants, the city of Fritch would have been threatened,” said Lake Meredith Superintendent [...]
From KHOU News, Houston Update: Jessica Tata, the woman charged in connection with a deadly day care fire in Houston, was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Georgia Monday morning after arriving on a flight from Lagos, Nigeria. Tata was captured Saturday in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, by Interpol and U.S. Department of State Diplomatic [...]
From The Tyler Morning Telegraph One person is dead after a house fire on Edinburgh Drive this morning, and Tyler Police have posted crime scene tape, indicating that the incident is being investigated as a crime. A passerby reported the two-alarm fire after seeing smoke coming from the garage of the brick home. Additional report [...]
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