The biggest active Texas wildfire is the 4,000-acre Chalk Mountain Fire in Somervell County. No injuries have been reported. 📰:
Texas A&M Forest Service said hundreds of firefighters, including many volunteer departments, are in the area working the fire. Bulldozers continue to work to establish containment lines while engines from various agencies work to fight the fire.
“And we saw where the flames were and we were kind of concerned. We thought, 'no problem,'" said Brown, whose home had been spared from a similar brush fire years ago."And about 10 minutes later they were coming down the road going, 'you've got to go now.' And we were one of the last ones out and drove through the flames on both sides of the road to get out."“It was pretty scary. We just loaded up and left. But, luckily the wind did change direction.
Donations of food and water for evacuees, first responders and pets will be accepted at the Expo Center, and cash donations and gift cards are being accepted at the Somervell County Sheriff's Office. "The bad news is, the weather that we have today, we're going to see for the next several days, so that makes containing the fire a little difficult, but we're going to keep at it and each day we're going to get a little more containment on it," said Texas A&M Forest Service spokesperson Mary Leathers.
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