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AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 5,700 acres have burned in wildfires across Central Texas so far in 2024, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. A total of 28 fires have burned 5,710.1 acres in ...
Four Austin-area counties are under burn bans due to weather. The extreme heat could last through the rest of summer or longer, meteorologist says. 4 Central Texas counties under burn bans; NWS ...
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Aug. 22—The Texas Department of Emergency Management State Operations Center (SOC) has issued a second Critical Fire Weather alert this month that is affecting much of the state. Austin, Bastrop ...
The 2024 Texas wildfires were marked by several major fires, including the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle and part of Oklahoma. The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned an estimated 1,058,482 acres (1,653.878 sq mi; 428,352 ha) in Texas and Oklahoma and was completely contained on March 16, [ 1 ] becoming the second largest fire in US ...
The Bastrop County Complex fire was a conflagration that engulfed parts of Bastrop County, Texas, in September and October 2011.The wildfire was the costliest and most destructive wildfire in Texas history and among the costliest in U.S. history, destroying 1,696 structures and causing an estimated $350 million in insured property damage.
By 3:00 pm CST, the fire was reported to have burned 1,074,047 acres (1,678 sq mi; 434,651 ha) with only 3% containment. It had become the largest fire in Texas state history, overtaking the East Amarillo Fort Complex Fire in 2006, which burned 907,245 acres and caused 12 fatalities in various Texas Panhandle cities.
Maps show wildfires across the state and in the North Texas region. ... Where are fires burning in Texas? View current maps of the state’s wildfires. July 23, 2022 at 12:22 PM.