Texas wildfire balloons within hours, ripping through ranchlands
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Nationwide, there have been more than 50,000 wildfires so far this year, the most over the past 10 years covering the same time period, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
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Residents in southern Jack County are being told to evacuate due to the rapidly spreading Ross Fire. That order was issued just before 3 this morning. The evacuation order applies to the southern part of the county, near and east of Barton’s Chapel. FM 4 is currently closed.
A wildfire that exploded in size in a matter of hours ripped through wide swaths of ranchland in rural North Texas west of DFW, destroying several structures and forcing evacuations and closing schools Tuesday.
Evacuations were being ordered Tuesday in rural Texas where a wildfire has ballooned in size, burning through ranchland and forcing schools to delay or cancel classes. The fire that began early Monday afternoon has ripped through more than 78 square miles (200 square kilometers) across lightly popul…
UPDATE: 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 25 JACK COUNTY, Texas (KFDX/KJTL) — Mandatory evacuations are still underway for the area around FM 4 just southwest of Jacksboro. Residents are being told to take FM 2210, also called Barton Chapel Road, east toward US 281. As of the latest update at 10:20 a.m.
Nationwide, there have been more than 50,000 wildfires so far this year, the most over the past 10 years covering the same time period, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
A massive wildfire is burning out of control in Texas, with nearby families urged to evacuate. This as we get our first up-close look at the homes destroyed by the fire in Reno, Nevada. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports from the fire zone.
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