Wildfire Update – March 20, 2022 8:30 pm
Texas A&M Forest Service and Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) firefighters responded to several new requests for assistance on wildfires today.
The fire environment today supported the potential for new significant wildfire in areas along and west of I-35 where critically to extremely dry fuel is exposed to elevated or critical fire weather.
Active Fires:
– Eastland Complex, Eastland County – est. 54,015 acres, 30% contained. The acreage for the complex will increase once the new fires are added. With several new wildfire ignitions in Eastland County, the complex now consists of 7 fires that are being managed together:
– Kidd Fire, Eastland County (42,333 acres, 40% contained)
– Blowing Basin Fire, Eastland County (est. 258 acres, 50% contained)
– Cedar Mountain Fire, Eastland County (est. 179 acres, 0% contained)
– Oak Mott Fire, Brown County (4,031 acres, 75% contained)
– Wheat Field Fire, Eastland County (7,268 acres, 55% contained)
– Mangum Fire, Eastland County (est. 11 acres, 85% contained)
– Walling Fire, Eastland County (383 acres, 100% contained)
– Crews Gap Fire, Coleman/Runnels County – est. 8,100 acres, 90% contained
– Big L Fire, Erath/Hood County – est. 6,000 acres, 5% contained
– Ramsey Fire, Brown County – est. 800 acres, 0% contained