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Monday, September 05, 2011

Texas Fires - News and Information about active fires across the Lone Star State. Updated 10.3

  
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 Smoke plume from Bastrop, Texas fires and others as seen from space. 9.5.2011

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news reports updated 10.3.2011
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Massive fire at chemical plant near Dallas
CBS News
The company was launched in Waxahachie in 1979 and now employs about 250 people, with operations in Pennsylvania, Wyoming and North Dakota as well as Texas. by gamiad2000 October 3, 2011 3:42 PM EDT by webdepot October 3, 2011 3:14 PM EDT The EPA is on ...
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Perry's campaign fires back at N-word report
KFDM-TV News
In a front-page article Sunday, The Washington Post reported the word "N*****head" had been painted on a rock at the entrance of hunting grounds near Perry's hometown of Paint Creek, Texas. Perry told the Post in an e-mail that the word had been ...
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Collection Agency Helps with Texas Fire Relief
InsideARM
by insideARM.com – October 3, 2011 Last month, employees at Texas-based ARM firm FMA Alliance, LTD pulled together and answered the call for help from its neighboring counties impacted by the Tri-County Wildfires. The fires forced thousands of people ...
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Democrats urge Perry to tap rainy day fund
Amarillo.com
“The purpose of accessing Rainy day fund money is to battle the fires raging across Texas today and assist with the recovery efforts that will last months, if not years,” the lawmakers said in a hand-delivered letter to Perry's office on Sept. 9. ...
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Rodents invade school
KFDA
By Kristen Guilfoos - email Amarillo, Texas - Fires, crop damage, scorching heat. The list of drought side-effects go on and on, but one school near Houston is learning the hard way there's at least one other consequence no one ever expected. ...
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A Royal Welcome
Your Houston News
Recent fires in the Magnolia area came within a half-mile of TRF, but did not damage any of the grounds or facilities, said Rotolo. But in deference to the severe drought conditions that continue throughout Texas, the traditional fireworks display that ...
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Marines train to fight aircraft fires
Yuma Sun
These Marines attend the Louis F. Garland Fire Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas and the second best fire academy in the country. It is a three-month-long school that gives Marines the skills required to become a first-class firefighter. ...
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U.S. Congressman In Abilene Discussing Federal Response To Wildfires
KTXS
By Roger Mares, KTXS News ABILENE, Texas -- Over the last year grass fires plagued the state and today a Texas Congressman met with local officials to learn how the federal government can improve their handling of fires. Leaders from around the Big ...
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Confident Perry Fires Up New Hampshire Crowd
Texas Tribune
by Jay Root DERRY, New Hampshire — Gov. Rick Perry, oozing confidence despite sagging poll numbers, fired up supporters at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Friday with promises to shake up Washington, enact big changes to Social Security and ...
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Jet tanker dispatched to aid in East Texas firefighting efforts
Longview News-Journal
Don't be looking for Neptune Aviation's Tanker 40 in the Missoula skies for a while — it's off fighting fire in East Texas. The BAe-146 jet-powered large air tanker was headed to Longview on Thursday to help the US Forest Service fight fires. ...
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Las Cruces Man Answers Call Of Duty In Austin Wildfires
KRWG 90.7
Barley is part of a crew hired by Pecos Valley Wildfires, which operates several C130 tanker airplanes loaded with fire-retardant slurry. The company deployed to fight the Central Texas wildfires on Sept. 9, 2011, arriving at the Austin International ...
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With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors
New York Times
From the mountainous Southwest deep into Texas, wildfires raced across parched landscapes this summer, burning millions more acres. In Colorado, at least 15 percent of that state's spectacular aspen forests have gone into decline because of a lack of ...
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New York Times
ECISD Students Helping Bastrop Students 9/30/11
KOSA
Families continue to pick up the pieces from the devastating wild fires in central Texas. The number of children who have lost everything is becoming clearer. 70 students from Bastrop Middle School now have nothing and even more elementary school ...
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Josh Abbott dominates opening of Falls Fest
Times Record News
A stand-out was “Hell's Gates On Fire,” a song Abbott wrote with fellow “Red Dirt” musician Brandon Ryder as a fundraiser for the recent Texas wildfires, especially the Possum Kingdom and Bastrop area fires. The powerful song resonated with the crowd ...
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Lawmakers say federal response to area wildfires slow
Longview News-Journal
Michael McCaul, left, and Louie Gohmert talk with area fire officials Thursday at the Gregg County Courthouse about the federal response to Northeast Texas wildfires. Texas Congressional representatives met with county and emergency management ...
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Workers affected by fires can get aid
Austin News
Individuals affected by Texas wildfires in these counties should apply for Unemployment Insurance benefits by logging onto ui.texasworkforce.org or by calling a TWC Tele-Center Monday through Friday between 8 am and 5 pm (CST) at 800-939-6631. ...
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Landscaping lessons from Central Texas fires
Taylor Daily Press
If you were determined to build your home on a floodplain, how would you do it? What about on the Gulf, or on a fault line? Sometimes people put homes in dangerous places, but habit, friends, and family are strong connections. ...
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Despite drought, Texas citrus shaping up for a solid season
TheProduceNews.com
More important, the valley has been untouched by still-raging wildfires that have scorched 330000 acres across the state. From Sept. 22 to Sept. 29, 86 new fires broke out. Since Nov. 15, 2010, firefighters in Texas have responded to 23519 wildfires ...
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Fundraiser set for Montgomery County victims of wildfires
Your Houston News
A fundraiser to help Montgomery County victims of the Magnolia area wild fires who lost homes and property will take place from noon to 8 pm Sunday at Fajita Jacks, located at 15949 Texas 105 in Montgomery. Concerned neighbors, friends and complete ...
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Cornyn Stops by Texas Forest Service
KBTX
For 317 straight days, the Texas Forest Service's emergency operations center has been up and running to deal with wildfires. Senator John Cornyn visited with forest service officials at the College Station location to get an update on their efforts. ...
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Want Fewer Wildfires? Burn More Wood.
FrumForum
The recent wildfires in Texas have returned forest management to the headlines. In Texas and elsewhere, wildfires have destroyed property, endangered firefighters and polluted the local environment. While fires are a natural phenomenon, ...
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Bastrop Fires Still Impacting Texas Parks
MyFox Houston
BASTROP, Texas - Earlier this month, wildfires near Bastrop claimed two lives and destroyed more than 1500 homes. Fires raced through the Lost Pines, a unique ecosystem that is home to one of the oldest and most popular state parks. ...
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MyFox Houston
Obama Gets Burned with Crack about Texas Wildfires
Associated Content
The problem is the Texas wildfires have nothing to do with climate change, according to scientists in the employ of the very federal government Obama is in charge of. Dr. Robert Hoerling, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research ...
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Obama fires opening salvo on Republicans
Financial Times
“You've got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change,” Mr Obama told a fundraising event, referring to the drought and wildfires in Texas. “You've got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health ...
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Dixie Chicks To Reunite For Texas Fire Benefit
RTT News
The event, dubbed Fire Relief: the Concert for Central Texas, will take place on October 17 in Austin on at the Frank Erwin Center. The devastating fires ripped through the Austin area earlier this summer, causing an estimated $250 million in damage. ...
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RTT News
State Farm petitions Texas insurance regulators to deem the state's wildfires ...
Live Insurance News
Texas has been battling an outbreak of wildfires since the beginning of September. The fires have wrought carnage throughout the state, burning more than 1 million acres and more than 1000 homes. The catastrophe has put enormous pressure on the state's ...
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Live Insurance News
Federal funds began to reach wildfire victims
Longview News-Journal
As firefighters continue to respond to wildfires that flare up across East Texas, federal funds have started making their way to residents who are victims of the East Texas wildfires that torched tens of thousands of acres and destroyed more than 70 ...
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How to stimulate the economy while curbing wildfires
CNN (blog)
By Tong Wu – Special to CNN In recent months, the nation has been riveted by the spectacle of catastrophic wildfires across the western United States, most recently in Texas. Last year, we witnessed the same harrowing phenomenon in Russia, ...
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McCaul touring areas hit by fires
Brenham Banner Press
McCaul plans a hearing on the federal government's response to Texas wildfires before the US House Homeland Security Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee, which he chairs. McCaul has scheduled a series of meetings, beginning today in Bastrop. ...
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Officials: East Texas fires have destroyed $97 million worth of timber
Longview News-Journal
East Texas wildfires destroyed $97 million worth of timber in the past 10 months, according to the Texas Forest Service. Firefighters continue to monitor carryover fires in the area through Sunday. Since November, East Texas firefighters have responded ...
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  Belton Fires Force Evacuations
KCEN-TV
By Tania Ortega - email Strong winds and low humidity have Central Texas ripe for wildfires as many counties remain under a red flag warning. That dangerous combination fueled a grass fire in Belton Sunday morning around 11, forcing several residents ...
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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A change in weather conditions has authorities across the Houston area on the lookout for fires and enforcing bans on outdoor cooking. The Texas Forest service says the combination of strong winds; dry air and warm temperatures have ...


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East Texas wildfires impact timber industry
Sports Radio ESPN 1420
As East Texas wildfires have ripped through 207763 acres since Nov. 15, 2010, the Texas timber industry has fallen victim as hard as anyone. To date, 2151 East Texas wildfires have destroyed 175 million cubic feet of timber resulting in $97 million in ...
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Resources demobilize as progress made on containing the wildfires
Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune
By Staff Reports Firefighters are working with Texas Forest Liaisons to check for residual heat and mop up, as needed, on a number of smaller active carryover fires scattered throughout Northeast Texas. Crews are patrolling for smoke, checking existing ...
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Texas Renaissance Festival goes on but bans fires, fireworks
Your Houston News
The Texas Renaissance Festival will not allow the following: bonfires, fireworks, open flame fires (barbecue or fire pit), open flame heating devices, and Coleman-style fueled lighting devices. Smoking will be allowed in designated areas only. ...
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East Texas firefighters in heated ESD 2 meeting
KETK
This resulted in a very audible uproar from an entire audience of firefighters explaining that Jackson-Heights has been fighting the brunt of the East Texas fires. "This tonight really does not look good at all in any way. Yes, it's not going the way ...
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Record drought eases, but still dire in Texas, Oklahoma
Reuters Africa
"It's still bad. They are still having fires," said Michael Brewer, a climatologist with the National Climatic Data Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "I don't think Texas is out of the woods. And looking at the forecast, ...
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Rick Perry's Florida Co-Chair Says Floods, Fires, Tornados are God's ...
Towleroad
We've been blamed for floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, rain droughts, hurricanes. I wonder what's next. I'm sure the fundies will think of something if they haven't already. And I thought the reason we had wildfires here in Texas was because the ...
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LONE STAR COLLEGE EMPLOYEES GIVE BACK TO THOSE AFFECTED BY RECENT WILDFIRES
The Cypress Times
According to a report by the Texas Forest Service, 18960 acres were burned in the fire. Donations are being accepted at all six main campuses and each location has an employee who is coordinating the effort. Essential items being collected for evacuees ...
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The Cypress Times
Stephen Henderson: Will any candidate rescue the millennials?
Detroit Free Press
Texas Gov. Rick Perry likes guns, but can he get your 25-year-old off the couch and into a good job? Here he fires a six-shooter loaded with blanks at an event in Fort Worth last year. / RODGER MALLISON/McClatchy-Tribune Here's a fun fact for the ...
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Dixie Chicks - Dixie Chicks Come Together For Texas Fire Victims
Contactmusic.com
The Dixie Chicks are reuniting to raise funds for the victims of this summer's (11) wildfires in Texas. The trio will team up with Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett and Asleep at the Wheel, among others for the Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas event ...
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Wildfires burn across Texas, hurt campus community
Houston Baptist Collegian
The wildfires neared the home of sophomore Marco Olivares, who lives in Bastrop, a small town of 7800 located about 130 miles west of the University. Bastrop experienced one of the most destructive wildfires in Texas history, beginning on Sept. 4. ...
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Texas Woman Accused Of Setting Five Fires
KWTX
TRINITY (September 21, 2011)—Bond is set at $450000 for a woman accused of setting five fires in East Texas in what her son calls a bid for attention. Tommie Ragsdale, 46, was in the Houston County Jail in Crockett Wednesday charged with five counts ...
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Texas A&M Fires Its Deputy Chancellor, and He Pulls a Knife
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) (blog)
The Texas A&M University system fired Jay T. Kimbrough as its deputy chancellor on Thursday, and police officers were called to the system's headquarters after he pulled out a pocketknife in the presence of the two university lawyers handling his ...
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Nacogdoches firefighters get refresher course on saving homes from wildfires
KTRE
Lots of homeowners are asking that question following the devastating fires across Texas. As a community service, Nacogdoches firefighters are offering free home assessments and on Wednesday firefighters received a refresher course on the common fire ...
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Perry fires back at Romney over Social Security
The Hill (blog)
By Alicia M. Cohn - 09/21/11 12:21 PM ET Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign slammed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Wednesday for “sounding like a Democrat” in his comments on Social Security. Social Security has been Romney's main line of ...
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Houston Tree Expert Says This is No Time to Lower Guard Despite Good News ...
PR.com (press release)
This is creating a new path for fires,” said Texas Forest Service Regional Forester, Wes Moorehead. National Weather Service officials report nearly one inch of rain fell in the Houston area over the weekend. “We had a little bit of rain, ...
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Training for Mississippi's fire responders
WLOX
"We're protecting the state's forests from wildfires and they will be better trained to do their job in a safe and efficient manner," said Southern Region Training Officer Ed Brown. With recent wildfires raging in Texas and smaller ones across the ...
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NEW: Fires Damage or Destroy Large Homes Near Canyon Lake
KGNB 1420 AM
(Canyon Lake, TX) -- Two back to back structure fires inside the attics of large homes in the Canyon Lake area kept fire crews from Canyon Lake, and surrounding agencies, busy Tuesday afternoon and evening. The first fire was called in just before 4pm ...
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Power lines blamed for destructive Central Texas fires
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Ciara O'Rourke and Patrick George AUSTIN -- Trees that fell on power lines were the likely cause of fires that have devoured more than 34000 acres and 1600 homes in Bastrop County, according to a report released Tuesday by the Texas Forest Service. ...
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Woman arrested for East Texas fires
TheRecordLive.com
A Trinity woman has been accused of setting five fires East Texas in a search for attention, according to her son. Tommie Ragsdale, 46, was arrested and booked into the Houston County Jail in Crockett, after being charged with five counts of arson. ...
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TheRecordLive.com
Drought is damaging Texas economy in ways that recession hasn't
Your Houston News
Devastating wildfires across Texas in recent weeks have been the most visible evidence of a year-long drought that Texas officials have declared to be the worst on record. Behind the highly visible carnage caused by the fires, the drought also has ...
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County uses 'Code Red' alert to warn of area fires
Longview News-Journal
With the recent fires spreading throughout the East Texas region, Wood County officials are encouraging citizens to register for access to the county's Code Red system. The code red system is a telephone communication service that allows county ...
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Record US Fires of 2011 Studied for Impacts
YubaNet (press release)
Wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico account for 17% of all acres burned in 2011 and that figure jumps to 37% if Texas is excluded. New Mexico and Arizona had 1445 wildland fires to date, burning a total of 1310861 acres. The Wallow Fire (AZ): Over 64% ...
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Smith County hopes for reimbursements from FEMA
KYTX
by Courtney Friedman - email SMITH COUNTY (KYTX) - FEMA is stepping in to help after some of the worst wildfires in Texas history. Of the 11 Texas counties already part of the major disaster declaration, Gregg County is the only one from East Texas on ...
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Tom Zirpoli: Texans feeling impact of Perry cuts
Carroll County Times
What Perry will not brag about is that many of the fires in Texas could have been prevented if he had adequately funded fire prevention and firefighting services. Perry cut the Texas Forest Service from $117.7 million to $83 million per year. ...
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The mail continues to be delivered in the wake of hurricanes, tropical storms ...
North Fort Myers Neighbor
Storm Lee and Texas fires have also caused interrupted mail service. The Postal Service is resilient and during emergencies such as these, establish alternate methods of delivery and alternate sites where postal patrons can collect their mail. ...
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Texas drivers spark fires, cigarette littering
KYTX
She reported it by going to the Don't Mess With Texas web site. "It asks for the license number and make of the vehicle and what the person was doing, what time." Several fires since Labor Day have been sparked by discarded cigarettes. ...
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Rains offer temporary fire relief
Longview News-Journal
While the Northeast Texas Fire Complex was listed as 100 percent contained Monday, crews remained at each site to ensure the fires didn't rekindle, and the incident management team took on 60 new East Texas fires. “We're working with the Texas Forest ...
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Statewide fires boost air travel in Abilene, but locals are flying more too
Abilene Reporter-News
Dry weather helped to fuel disastrous wildfires across Texas, but the calamitous events that have destroyed thousands of homes also helped boost Abilene's economy. From January through July, more than 2800 Texas Forest Service personnel flew out of ...
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TEXAS VIEW: Prescribed burns could save lives
Odessa American
“We don't want to lose anyone else in these fires. It was horrible to lose this young mother and her child,” Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano said. Many of the fires in East Texas and throughout the state could have been prevented. ...
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Texas Renaissance Festival goes on but bans fires, fireworks
Your Houston News
The Texas Renaissance Festival will not allow bon fires, fireworks, open flame fires (barbecue or fire pit), open flame heating devices, and Colman-style fueled lighting devices this year due to drought-related fire danger. The annual weekend festival ...
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Stinson: ACC fires the first expansion shot
Richmond County Daily Journal
The ACC was able to pick Pittsburgh and Syracuse out of the Big East, as the eyes of the country were turned to the west to watch the events with Texas A&M, Texas and Oklahoma unfold. A number of fans in the Carolinas were bemoaning the fact that the ...
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Fires ease across East Texas
Longview News-Journal
After several weeks of battling tens of thousands of acres of fast-moving wildfires, emergency officials said the majority of fires within the Northeast Texas Fire Complex have been listed as contained. Multiple fires have scorched 53570 acres of ...
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Texas Forest Service says Bastrop County wildfires after 2 weeks, with 34000 ...
The Republic
AP BASTROP, Texas — The Texas Forest Service says wildfires that began more than two weeks ago in Bastrop County have been 95 percent contained. Officials say weekend rain and cooler temperatures contributed to the improved firefighting conditions in ...
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Igloo donates coolers to help with Texas wildfires
Casual Living
"The fires in Texas have left more than 1400 families homeless and burned an area of our state the size of Connecticut," said Kiedaisch. "The governor is marshalling all available resources to fight the fires, and Texans from across the state are ...
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NCAA shuffle: Oklahoma, Texas next to move?
CBS News
Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones (12) fires a first quarter pass as offensive linesman Tyler Evans (75) blocks Florida State defensive tackle Everett Dawkins (93) and defensive end Bjoern Werner (95) during an NCAA college football game, Sept. ...
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Texas Gets Rain
The Epoch Times
The Texas Forest Service has responded to 131 fires over 19736 acres. The latest drought monitor showed 95 percent of the state in extreme drought with 81 percent in exceptional drought, and the outlook is indicative of drying throughout the fall, ...
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RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS: AFTER WILDFIRES, REPLACE OR HAVE PROPANE CONTAINERS ...
FireEngineering.com
Texas Railroad Commissioners announced today that if a propane storage container has been involved in one of the states recent wildfires, it must be replaced or evaluated by a licensed propane supplier before use. The Railroad Commission oversees ...
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Job Spotlight: Robert “Bret” Lefler, art education at CSU
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
He came to Columbus from Brownsville, Texas, where it's been one the hottest summers on record, wild fires have been rampant and drug cartel battles were common. He was the chair of a combined art and music department at the joint University of Texas ...
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
In Texas, Disaster Aid Is a Contentious Topic
Roll Call (subscription)
This year's fires and drought have cost Texas agriculture an estimated $5.2 billion, according to the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, a state-funded nonprofit. In June, the US Department of Agriculture began offering loan assistance to Texas farmers ...
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Springs airmen battle Texas blazes
Colorado Springs Gazette
Airmen from the 302nd Airlift Wing in Colorado Springs have flown 22 missions in the past week to stop the spread of raging Texas wildfires. Flying from a base in Austin, the two aircraft from the Peterson Air Force Base unit have dropped more than ...
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Tri-State Fair fires up
ConnectAmarillo.com powered by KVII
by Matt Hamilton AMARILLO, TEXAS -- From fried foods, games, rides and exhibits, and everything the rodeo has to offer, all things that draws thousands to Amarillo. Saturday we stumbled upon the Great American Spam Contest. ...
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Jack Dillard: Watch for fires and report them
Shreveport Times
If you see someone who is suspicious around the fires, report them immediately to the authorities. If they are innocent, they will not care, and if they are guilty, they need to be investigated. One trucker was hauling hay from Alabama to east Texas ...
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CROWE CALLS FOR DONATIONS FOR TEXAS FIRE VICTIMS
Express.co.uk
RUSSELL CROWE has appealed for aid to help families in Texas after a series of wildfires scorched the state earlier this month (Sep11). Thousands of residents were evacuated after high winds, brought about by Tropical Storm Lee, sparked dozens of fires ...
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Meth lab operators undeterred by fires
Longview News-Journal
The Houston Chronicle reported that meth labs in the southeastern Texas county have become a serious problem, and operators of the labs are apparently undeterred by the dangerous risk of fire during one of the worst droughts in state history. ...
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Wildfires may make deer hunting easier
KETK
With devastating fires popping up all over East Texas, the wildlife that live among the now scorched woods have to find a new place to live with food...and water. Nathan Garner with the Texas Parks and Wildlife office in East Texas tells KETK, ...
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Toll of major Central Texas wildfires
Austin American-Statesman
3. Leander: 26 homes destroyed, 16 damaged and at least 300 acres burned in multiple fires. 4. Cedar Park: Two homes destroyed, one damaged and 10 acres burned. 5. Pflugerville: Two homes destroyed and more than 150 acres burned in multiple fires. 6. ...
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Austin American-Statesman
Fire Department Urges Caution to Help Prevent Wildfires
FireEngineering.com
As Texas faces the most destructive wildfire season in state history, the danger rises significantly for urban and suburban areas across Texas. The record-breaking drought has killed vegetation such as grass, trees, and shrubs, providing fuel for fires ...
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Fires cause non-profit Bexar Co. Rehab to burn through its budget
KENS 5 TV
by Brian New / KENS 5 SAN ANTONIO -- Weeks of devastating fires across Texas have put a strain not only on firefighters but those who support them. The Bexar County Emergency Scene Rehab, Inc. has burned through its gas budget and drained nearly all of ...
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Wildlife Refuge Lands Hit Hard by Wildfires
KRGV
Wildfires are taking over much South Texas and federal land. It's land along the Rio Grande. Land scattered throughout the Valley located next to our food, our homes. US Fish & Wildlife firefighters say their land is too dry. ...
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Non-local resources savior to crews fighting East Texas wildfires
KETK
Hundreds of firefighters and support personnel have arrived in East Texas to combat fast-moving wildfires that have consumed tens of thousands of acres, destroyed homes and claimed lives. And without federal help in support of local firefighting ...
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Fires should push East Texas deer to feeders
KTRE
By Holley Nees - bio | email Wildfires across Deep East Texas have blackened their food source, but it's not the only problem deer face. "The deer definitely are going to be stressed because their food supply is rather limited because of the lack of ...
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Praise the Lord and Pass the Tenth Amendment
Huffington Post
The Texas Forest Service proposed the plan -- it began seeking funding in 1999 -- and finally told lawmakers in 2008, "This is the final straw! Bigger fires call for bigger state resources!" Neither Governor Perry nor the legislature responded. ...
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Victims of Texas wildfires survey damage done to their homes
9NEWS.com
BASTROP, Texas - Thousands in East Texas are being allowed back into their homes after being forced out by out-of-control wildfires, but for many there is nothing to return too. "Not a thing. It's all burned up. It's all burned up," Bastrop resident ...
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Fighting rekindled fires across East Texas
KYTX
And every time the wind picks up, and embers move, fires re-ignite. "I work here and another fire department and I've been working grass fires almost everyday. Wear and tear on the body, starts getting to you after a while," says Day Crew Captain Will ...
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Pilots called in from around the country to fight Texas fires
KENS 5 TV
by Brian New / KENS 5 FREDERICKSBURG - With fires scorching thousands of acres all across Texas, the Texas Forest Service has called in pilots from across the country to help. Dick Stiliha was called in from California to be the air attack supervisor ...
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Fire Crews Gaining Ground On Wildfires
Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Firefighters are getting a handle on the wildfire situation in Texas, although 15 new fires broke out yesterday. The 34-thousand acre wildfire in Bastrop County that has burned about 16-hundred homes and left two people dead is now 75-percent contained ...
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Learning Lessons from Wildfires, from Texas to Brazil
World Resources Institute
The recent Texas wildfires are driven by one of the worst droughts on record, while powerful winds associated with tropical storms have fanned the flames. Moreover, many sources say that climate change is creating the conditions for wildfires to ...
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World Resources Institute
Texas wildfires prompt parish to provide shelter, refuge
St.Louis Review
WASHINGTON -- Ascension Parish in Bastrop, Texas, has been serving as a shelter and a nerve center for relief efforts related to the ongoing Texas wildfires that have struck the state. As of Sept. 7, wildfires had been recorded for 296 straight days in ...
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Plantersville-Stoneham News
The Navasota Examiner
As of Sunday evening, the total aircraft resources on the fires included: 4 single engine air tankers (seats), 4 C-130 air tankers, 4 black hawk helicopters, a type I helitanker, a DC-10 air tanker, a type II helicopter and a type III helicopter. ...
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Wildfire protection plan half-funded in Texas
Forbes
Bigger fires call for bigger state resources!" The Forest Service concedes that even the full fire-protection system would not have completely spared Texas from last week's catastrophic fires, which incinerated more than 1700 homes, blackened tens of ...
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StorageMart Announces Support for Victims of Texas Wildfires
PR Web (press release)
StorageMart's Safe Spot program is offering families affected by the Texas fires a storage discount: $3 for 3 months storage at the Austin location. Self storage is in a unique position to lend a hand. StorageMart announced their plan to help displaced ...
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Perry fires away
Boston Herald
By Hillary Chabot Gun-toting Texas Gov. Rick Perry unleashed round after round of rapid-fire insults at his GOP rival Mitt Romney yesterday, blasting the former Bay State governor as a flip-flopper who “failed' to boost public sector jobs as the ...
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Military aircraft flying repeated missions to fight Texas fires
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Other Defense Department aircraft are battling flames in Oregon and Idaho, the Department said. Texas elected officials from both parties have spent much of the past week pointing fingers at the other party for failing to do enough to fight the fires.
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Drought, Heat, Fires ... Repeat: The plague of wildfires reflect conditions ...
Austin Chronicle
16, 2011 There is little doubt that the recent Central Texas fires have left deep scars on the ecology and air quality of the region. And environmentalists warn that, beyond the immediate destruction and pollution, the wildfires and the drought that ...
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Austin Chronicle
Smoky conditions in The Woodlands result of area fires
The Paper Magazine
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS (September 14, 2011) – With historic drought conditions in Texas and Montgomery County, wildfires in the region, including in Magnolia, Tomball and Katy areas, have created mild smoky conditions in and around The Woodlands Township ...
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Man steals ice machine from business
WAFB.com
By Joshua Auzenne - email We've seen these East Texas fires take a toll on our land and the people who live here for weeks now, but they're also putting many volunteer fire fighters in a tough place. Detectives are searching for a thief who may have ...
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Fires add to county's ag woes
Jacksonville Daily Progress
Worse, while some fires have been started by truck blowouts and tree falls on power lines, other East Texas wildfires could have been avoided with a little common sense, he said. “The big fire that started Sunday, west of Alto, was just from a truck ...
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New Braunfels Firefighters Battle I-35 Grass Fires
KGNB 1420 AM
(New Braunfels, TX) -- A series of grass fires along I-35 kept New Braunfels Firefighters busy yesterday afternoon. Those 3 fires all happened in the same hour, starting at around 1pm: First, crews responded to the 1-thousand block of I-35 North across ...
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Texas Scorched By Multiple Wildfires
33 KDAF-TV
Fire Watches have been issued in several Texas counties as a result of the extremely hot and dry atmosphere coupled with gusts of wind. Multiple counties are reporting fires in the area. The Magnolia Complex currently spans 4728 acres. ...
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Lawmakers want Rainy Day funds for fires - 5 pm News
KXAN.com
Rick Perry to call a special session to help deal with the wildfires in Texas. They want the session to focus on using some of the Rainy Day Fund to help pay the firefighting cost - that's grown to more than $60 million.
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Texas Wildfires: Up To $250M In Insured Losses
KFOX El Paso
Texas -- An industry group said insured losses from a week of Texas wildfires could reach $250 million. The Insurance Council of Texas on Monday offered the estimate for more than 180 wildfires reported statewide since Labor Day weekend. ...
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Photos: Texas Fires As Seen From The International Space Station
Space Ref (press release)
This panoramic view of east-central Texas on September 6, 2011, highlights numerous smoke plumes caused by wildfires burning across the state. The image was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), who used a short focal-length ...
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Space Ref (press release)
David M. Loucas: Maybe Perry's idiotic gibberish is source of Texas fires
Madison.com
In light of the horrific loss of life and property in the Texas fires, I've decided to take to heart the power of evangelical Robertsonian and Bachmanian nostications. Truly, Texans' pain is my ...
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Volunteer loses job while fighting fires
WBXH
By Melanie Torre - email SMITH/GREGG COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - We've seen these East Texas fires take a toll on our land and the people who live here for weeks now, but they're also putting many volunteer fire fighters in a tough place. ...
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Michigan Crews Battle Texas Wildfires
WTVB
LANSING (WKZO) -- Just as Michigan sent tree trimming and utility crews out east after Hurricane Irene, the state is sending some of its firefighters to battle wildfires in Texas. State Wildfire Supervisor Scott Heather says it's a good way for them to ...
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Pritchett News
Longview News-Journal
The fires in Upshur County have kept the firefighters and everyone busy. The fires all over Texas have been devastating. We had a pleasant and positive meeting at the Pritchett Community Center on September 6th. The successful garage sale was discussed ...
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Michigander's help fight Texas wildfires
WNEM Saginaw
Entertainment News from AP By Craig McMorris, TV5 Anchor/Reporter - bio | email The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has sent firefighters and equipment to Texas to help battle extensive wildfires throughout the Lone Star state. ...
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Authorities Hopeful Of Containing Texas Wildfires
Irish Weather Online
Authorities estimated that the Northeast Texas Fires Complex, which includes the Bear Creek Fire, would be contained by September 14. Drought in the state of Texas provided plentiful fuel for fires in late summer 2011. ...
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Irish Weather Online
Michigan DNR crews helping fight Texas wildfires
Detroit Free Press
6. DNR Forest Management Division Chief Lynne Boyd said today that all 50 states have an interagency agreement to help each other during such emergencies. More than 190 wildfires in Texas have killed four people and consumed tens of thousands of acres. ...
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Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget
ABC News (blog)
“If we didn't have the funding cuts, we could make sure the fire departments have the resources they need and rely on Texas resources to fight Texas fires,” Barron said. “When you have to stretch [$7 million] across 1400 volunteer fire departments, ...
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DC-10 positioned for future fires
KXAN.com
One of the two DC-10s and half of the military's fleet of C-130s are now prepositioned in Texas to fight wildfires.
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Perry questioned about illegal immigration...Battling wildfires in central ...
9&10 News
(AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry says a huge fence along the US-Mexican border isn't the answer to illegal immigration. At Monday night's Republican presidential debate, Perry said that instead the US government should have thousands of border agents and ...
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Wildfires across Texas
Beaumont Enterprise
7, 2011, in Bastrop, Texas. Wildfires have destroyed more than 600 homes and blackened about 45 square miles in and around Bastrop. A search team on Wednesday will begin looking for more possible victims of the fire, which has killed two people and ...
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Texas wildfires: Is drought the new climate?
MiamiHerald.com
By JULIE CART The litany of misery playing out in Texas is tough to watch but less difficult to predict. Well before the contagion of wildfires was sparked last week, the state had been experiencing a weather catastrophe. Texas has seen its driest ...
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Montgomery County roads reopening after wildfires north of Houston led to ...
The Republic
AP MAGNOLIA, Texas — More evacuated areas closed since wildfires scorched thousands of acres north of Houston have been cleared to reopen. Montgomery County Emergency Management officials say the remaining closed areas and roads would reopen by midday ...
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Officials Partially Contain Texas Wildfire, Search for Missing Residents
TIME
A week ago, there was hope that Tropical Storm Lee might bring some much-needed rain to drought-stricken Texas. But instead, its strong winds helped ignite 190 wildfires throughout the state. The biggest one, which struck Bastrop County, ...
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I [heart] Government
Newsweek
Of the 10 largest wildfires in Texas history, six have occurred this year. Think about that. Now think about this: Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry has cut funding for volunteer firefighters, who are the first responders to 90 ...
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Newsweek
Seven local volunteers join Red Cross response in Northeast and Texas
Lake County News
Red Cross relief operations are continuing in Texas where wildfires are still burning. More than 230 people there spent Sept. 7 in Red Cross shelters, escaping the smoke and flames of the fires. Officials report more than 880 homes have already been ...
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More wildfires erupt in Texas as it faces worst dry spell since 1895
CNN
In a dry spell unseen since 1895, Texas added 24 new wildfires burning 1154 acres to a disaster that has so far torched more than 1000 homes, the state's Forest Service said Saturday. In all, Texas has experienced 179 fires over 170686 acres the past ...
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Massive wildfires in Texas
ITN NEWS
Officials say more than three dozen fires are burning across the US state of Texas, driving thousands of people from their homes. . Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn.
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Airmen Leave to Fight Fires in Texas
KKTV 11 News
Thirty airmen from the 302 Airlift Wing out of Peterson Air Force Base are joining the fight to battle the Texas wildfires. They flew into Austin Saturday with two C-130s. Air Force leaders tell 11 News it's been a very active fire season. ...
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East Texas wildfires: Feds take over at local emergency center as Upshur ...
Longview News-Journal
The Bear Creek Fire, which began one week ago today, is about 80 percent contained, the Texas Forest Service reported Saturday. Meanwhile, fires spreading toward homes along Hawk Road in eastern Upshur County forced evacuations. ...
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Fires threaten East Texas wildlife centers
KYTX
By Courtney Friedman - email TYLER (KYTX) - These wildfires have sparked fear across East Texas, as community after community has had to evacuate. But there's one area where the residents are harder to move out of harm's way. ...
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Urgent call to action - Texas wildfires - Advisory (VIDEO)
Texas GOP Vote
... I addressed tea party, 9-12 and other liberty minded groups and organizations to provide and disseminate an advisory update of the situation and dangers we are facing in Texas with wild fires and extreme drought conditions (VIDEO below). ...
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Texas GOP Vote
Peterson AFB providing air attacks in TX fires
KXRM
The Texas wildfire burning about 25 miles east of Austin is the largest of the Texas fires sweeping the Lonestar State. It's also one of the 200 fires to break out this week. Statewide 1700 homes have been destroyed, thousands evacuated, ...
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Texas Wildfires: Bastrop, Bear Creek, Riley Road Continue to Burn
Suite101.com
The airtanker was spotted at both the Bastrop and Riley Road fires throughout the morning and afternoon of September 9, 2011. The DC-10 drops more than 11000 gallons of retardant at a time on a swath 3/4 of a mile long and 500 feet wide, according to ...
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Frustration grows for Texas fire evacuees
CBS News
FEMA spokeswoman Rachel Racusen said on Friday the agency "received the first request from the governor for individual aid to help Texas residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the fires, or who suffered other personal losses. ...
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Texas Besieged by Wildfires but Losses Should Be Manageable
FireEngineering.com
Wildfires continue to sweep through Texas, leaving behind heartbreaking devastation for those affected. Reports indicate the death of at least two people as the unprecedented fires have consumed more than 34000 acres of land while destroying more than ...
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Frustration grows for Texas wildfire evacuees
USA Today
The Texas Forest Service said Friday that the Bastrop fire had racked up a bill of at least $1.2 million so far. But the agency cautioned the figure was an early estimate and was expected to climb. The early price tag includes firefighting costs but ...
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USA Today
What does 'containment' mean?
Austin News
In Friday's daily public briefing, Bastrop County Judge Ronnie McDonald expressed concern that public perception of work on the fire is that little progress has been made. In fact, the Texas Forest Service said that forward progress of the fire has ...
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Keeping faith after fire
Austin News
BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - At the Bastrop home of Rochelle Mitchell there's a lot more family these days. Her pregnant daughter, son-in-law and 12-year-old grandson lost their home to fire. "Like I tell her all the time, you're not homeless because ...
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Local Donations Reach Fire-Stricken Bastrop, Where Victims Become Volunteers
KZTV Action 10 News
SMITHVILLE, Texas -- Just outside Bastrop, and the inferno that's consumed over 1300 homes, is Smithville, a small town that's been collecting people who've lost everything. Meet 16-year-old Hunter Bell. He's one of the volunteers at this donation ...
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Fire Notes: Crews working to restore power in Bastrop; UT to help with ...
Austin American-Statesman
The Texas Forest Service notified LCRA that it likely would not need to take additional water from the lake to fight area wildfires, LCRA officials said in a statement. Officials said three LCRA parks and nature centers in Bastrop County — McKinney ...
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Austin American-Statesman
Rescue of Fire-Stranded Pets Under Way
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
By Elvira Sakmari An army of veterinarians and volunteers have set up shelters and triage centers to help animals affected by the Bastrop County Complex wildfire. The Bastrop County Complex Fire southeast of Austin has claimed many victims, ...
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Texans seek more federal fire help
San Angelo Standard Times
Conaway is among Texas lawmakers who want Obama to tour drought- and fire-ravaged areas. "Unless you see it, you just don't get a feel for how bad this stuff is," Conaway, a Republican from Midland, said. Texas lawmakers are still smarting over a ...
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Wildfire evacuees caught in a haze of anxiety
Houston Chronicle
The DC-10 tanker - assigned to Bastrop County in Central Texas, where the state's worst fire in history had devoured 34000 acres - was diverted to attack the "particularly aggressive fire" burning across Montgomery, Grimes and Waller counties, ...
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Fires close 3 parks; Lake Travis re-opened
Bizjournals.com
A five-mile section of Lake Travis that had been closed because of the Central Texas Wildfires has been re-opened for now, said the Lower Colorado River Authority. LCRA also said three LCRA parks and nature centers in Bastrop County are still closed ...
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Firefighting DC-10 Joins Fight Against 3-County Texas Wildfire
KWTX
Texas Fire Service spokeswoman Holly Huffman said the plane was dispatched to fight fires in Grimes, Montgomery and Waller counties, which have blackened more than 15000 acres. Huffman told The Associated Press that firefighting crews have made ...
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Ongoing battle
Cleburne Times-Review
Cleburne firefighters responded to several fires in recent days. Most were minor and caused little or no damage. Firefighters responded to a small fire in short grass, which they extinguished with about 400 gallons of water, in the 2400 block of North ...
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34X34: September's Embers
SuperbikePlanet.com
by kevin schwantz The terrible fires here in Texas have really had our attention lately. We were out last night until almost 10 pm fighting fires on our property. I'm getting ready to go back out again and help my dad and my uncle. ...
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Foyt enjoys weekend in Baltimore, deals with fire in Texas
USA Today
Let me finish by saying that I feel for all of those who are battling the wild fires in my home state of Texas. My niece and her family lost their home and three cars in the Magnolia fire over the weekend. Devastating. They were out of state when they ...
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USA Today
Jumbo jet douses Magnolia fire
Community Impact Newspaper
The TFS reported this morning that the fire was 60 percent contained, but flare-up fires are causing fire crews to scramble to prevent further damage. Last night a flare up along Riley Road at Plantation Lakes, forcing more evacuations in Montgomery ...
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Wildfires Follow Grounding of Tankers, Budget Cuts
Big Government
Rick Perry and his team to fight the fires. Second, there's the lack of funds to fight the fires. One could blame Governor Perry and members of the Texas legislature, according to a Houston Chronicle report Tuesday, for reducing the budget for the ...
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As wildfires rage, Texas Forest Service grapples with funding cuts
MiamiHerald.com
Texas is one of the few states that rely primarily on volunteer fire departments to protect rural areas from wildfires. About 330 firefighters with the forest service traditionally serve as a second tier of defense when such fires get larger than the ...
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Texas Besieged by Wildfires but Losses Should Be Manageable
MarketWatch (press release)
According to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Texas is having its driest year in recorded history. These conditions combined with hot temperatures and strong winds have fuelled the fires. The Insurance Council of Texas expects the wildfires to ...
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Wildfires across Texas
Beaumont Enterprise
(AP Photo/ The Texarkana Gazette,Evan Lewis) Photo: MBR, Evan Lewis / Texarkana Gazette This image provided by NASA shows the view from the International Space Station of wildfires over Texas taken by astronaut Ron Ron Garan Tuesday Sept. 6, 2011. ...
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East Texas now center of raging wildfires
Houston Chronicle
Firefighters gained ground Wednesday against one of the most destructive wildfires in Texas history even as the number of homes lost reached almost 800, and an elite search team set out to find any victims in the smoking ruins. ...
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Firefighters depart from Gardendale to aid Texas fires
North Jefferson News
By Ben Montgomery North Jefferson News NORTH JEFFERSON — Firefighters across the state convened at the Alabama Forestry Commission office in Gardendale to embark on a convoy to Lufkin, Texas to help with the recent flare-up of wildfires in the state. ...
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Wildfires and drought cost Texas billions
FireEngineering.com
The Texas wildfires are adding economic trauma to a state that has already suffered billions of dollars in agricultural damages from an ongoing drought. Wildfire damages to homeowners could exceed $100 million, a record high for the state, according to ...
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Texas fires burn 11000 acres on Fort Hood
Houston Chronicle (blog)
A series of fires over the past three weeks have burned nearly 5 percent of the 215000-acre Killeen-area military post Fort Hood, the Army reported on its website. Although the fires did not threaten central buildings of the base, Fort Hood soldiers ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Rep. Louie Gohmert's Statement on Texas Wildfires
The State Column
Louie Gohmert (TX-01) issued a statement on the devastating wildfires in Texas. According to Texas Forest Service officials, more than 40000 acres continue to burn in the East Texas area, destroying houses and properties and claiming the lives of ...
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Fires Won't Affect Texas Renaissance Fest
KUHF-FM
The wildfires outside of Magnolia have burned close to the site of the Texas Renaissance Festival. But so far the 100-acre fairgrounds have escaped damage. The festival, which runs for eight consecutive weekends, is still set to open as scheduled, ...
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Chief McRae says be ready for wildland fires
Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune
By CASEY BUECHEL - Tribune Staff Writer More than 85 wildland fires are burning in the state of Texas, more than 1000 homes have been lost, 852 of them within 48 hours, and fires are burning all around Titus County, so now is the time to prepare for ...
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Eight fires contained amid scattered evacuations
Longview News-Journal
US Forest Service employee's Johnny Hardon, left, of Kentucky, and Tim Morgan of Florida talk as they man the portable airtanker base Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at the East Texas Regional Airport. 1 Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, ...
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Drought Monitor: Most of the country very hot or very wet
Dairy Herd Management
Texas also sees very little change this week with only a small area of the Texas Panhandle moving from D2 to D3. The big story has been the fires in Texas though, which were fanned by the backside winds of TS Lee. Year-to-date, 18719 fires have burned ...
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Fires erupt again in Waller County; shelter moves to Wildwood Church
Your Houston News
The shelter at Magnolia High School is moving to Wildwood Methodist Church at 8911 FM 1488, Magnolia, TX. Fires have erupted again just across the county line in Waller County in the FM 1488 corridor. Existing road closures and subdivisions in ...
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Fires in East Texas affecting schools, football games
KTBS
KTBS 3 News is being told that Jefferson ISD and Linden-Kildare schools will be closed on Thursday due to the fires in those areas. Also, football games that were scheduled Thursday night for both school districts are cancelled. ...
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Smoke From Texas Fires Have Doctors Concerned for At-Risk Citizens
Fox News
A thick cloud of smoke caused by wildfires in Texas could be seen covering Austin, the state's capital on Thursday morning, prompting doctors to warn residents about the risk of prolonged activity in the area that has seen its air quality reach a ...
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Fox News
Gov. Perry back on campaign trail, even as Texas wildfires continue to rage
Washington Post
“If Perry stayed at home to work on the fires I don't think there would be any room for criticism. But this opens it up for his opponents to hit him on this issue,” said Matt Angle, director of the Texas Democratic Trust, which supports Democratic ...
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ISS Astronauts View Texas Wildfires (2011.09.07)
YouTube
Smoke plumes and haze from wild fires are seen across Texas on Sept. 7, 2011 from the International Space Station. (NOTE: coverage of the fires begins at 2:45) credit: NASA source: ...
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Wildfires Burn in Texas; USPS on the Verge of Default
FireEngineering.com
We start off today in Texas, where those wildfires we told you about yesterday just keep on burning. More than 180 fires have scorched nearly 120000 acres, and that`s all happened in the past week. More than 700 homes have been destroyed just since ...
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Central Texas wildfires destroy nearly 1400 homes
KFDM-TV News
The fire is among more than 170 wildfires that ignited across Texas this week that have left nearly 1800 homes in charred ruins, killed four people and forced thousands to evacuate. It's one of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history ...
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Texas firefighters get some help -- from California
Los Angeles Times
California-based federal wildland firefighters have been helping battle various Texas fires since February, he said. Texas fire officials have contacted counterparts at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to determine if they ...
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H-E-B Provides Community Support for Texas Wildfires with $50000 Donation and ...
The Paper Magazine
HOUSTON – HEB will donate $50000 to the American Red Cross for Wildfire Aid and launch a statewide checkstand tear pad donation campaign benefiting the organization in response to the recent devastating wildfires sweeping across Texas. ...
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New Mexico sends help to Texas to fight fires
Houston Chronicle
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) — The New Mexico State Forestry Division's Bernalillo, Chama and Cimarron districts are sending help to Texas to battle wildfires. The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/r8wunF) reports three fire engines with three crew members ...
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Central Texas Fires Update: Over a Thousand Bastrop Homes Hit
Austinist
Austin-based company HomeAway has compiled a list of free or discounted rental housing available to area residents affected by the fires. - That DC-10 brought in to fight the fires remains grounded because officials can find no one qualified to fly it. ...
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After repeated requests for Obama help with Texas fires, locals see controversy
Examiner.com
“They said we had to leave, after I came all the way from West Texas to help my fellow Texans,” said Mark Holbrook. “They said local officials, who were busy PUTTING OUT FIRES and SAVING PEOPLES LIVES, had not made a formal request for volunteers to ...
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Fires rage across Texas as rain pelts The Villages
Villages Daily Sun
Texas' 2011 wildfire season has, to date, burned more than 3 million acres of land. Dry, strong winds originating from a high-pressure system from Canada mixing with Lee caused Labor Day winds of up to 30 mph and rock-bottom humidity levels of 10 ...
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Wednesday fire updates
KETK
NOTE FROM FIRE MARSHAL: A large portion of East Texas in currently experiencing smoke coverage. This is due to high humidity and a lack of wind surrounding several East Texas forest fires, according to information from the Smith County Fire Marshal's ...
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The Federal Government Grounded Half Its Firefighting Planes Just Weeks Before ...
Business Insider
According to Human Events, this leaves the federal government with only 11 tankers to battle the more than 50 large uncontrolled forest fires burning nationwide -- including the Texas fires that killed a mother and her child. ...
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Business Insider
East Texas under dense smoke advisory; no new Gregg County fires reported
Longview News-Journal
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An estimated 30000 acres burned in Cass County
Longview News-Journal
Officials fighting the Cass County fires estimated volunteer and paid firefighters from 16 departments, in addition to the Texas Forest Service and US Forest Service, had been on the scene — but that was not enough. In addition to the massive “Bear ...
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AP Top Stories
The Associated Press
Here's the latest news for Wednesday, Sept. 7: 3 Guard members killed in Nevada IHOP rampage; Former rebels say Gadhafi surrounded; Firefighters have yet to control Texas wildfire; Yahoo fires Bartz as CEO.
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Firefighters gain control of wildfires
Palestine Herald Press
To register, go to the Anderson County website, www.co.anderson.tx.us, and click on the CodeRED icon on the left. How were you affected by the fires? Were you evacuated? Did you lose property? Email your thoughts to community@palestineherald.com Did ...
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3 fatally shot, gunman dies
Detroit Free Press
Fatal Texas fires: At least four people have been killed and more than 1000 homes destroyed in at least 57 wildfires across Texas, most of them in one blaze close to Austin that is still out of control, officials said Tuesday. ...
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A Hidden Factor Behind Losses in Texas Fires
New York Times (blog)
By ANDREW C. REVKIN The stunning scope of the damage from the wildfires (and the set fires) sweeping a Connecticut-size area in Texas (live map) is partly a result of extreme drought, but also a function of the extraordinary growth in populations and ...
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Hundreds of homes destroyed in Texas fires
ABC Online
But most concerning is the fires in Texas are raging too close to homes. APRIL SAGINOR: What's making them serious and a concern for us is they're in real urban areas and they're threatening homes and property. In a 48-hour period we lost about 700 ...
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Worst Fires on Record Ravage Texas
Voice of America
September 07, 2011 Worst Fires on Record Ravage Texas Greg Flakus | Magnolia, Texas Wildfires in Texas have burned hundreds of homes and thousands of hectares of fields and forests in recent days in what government officials say is the worst fire ...
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Central Texas fires cause a handful of high school sporting delays
Austin American-Statesman
By Tuesday, the Bears' football season had been pushed into the background, as a handful of high schools in Central Texas postponed or cancelled sporting events and other extracurricular activities in the wake of the devastating fires. ...
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Austin American-Statesman
White House monitoring Texas wildfires, press secretary Jay Carney says
Houston Chronicle (blog)
A volunteer firefighter watches as a wildfire jumps a fire line in Graford, Texas. The wildfires have destroyed hundreds of homes across Texas. (AFP photo) White House officials “are monitoring the major fires in Texas,” presidential press secretary ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Texas fires and drought cost farms $5.2bn
Financial Times
By Sheila McNulty in Houston Wildfires are raging across central Texas, compounding drought that has caused $5.2bn in agricultural losses and led ranchers in the largest cattle-producing US state to rush to slaughter. At the weekend, the Texas Forest ...
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Financial Times
DAYBREAK DAILY: As Texas fires rage, Rick Perry debates about a debate
WJLA
http://apne.ws/nqCoLv TEXAS INFERNO: The monster fire rages on, per the Houston Chronicle, “Fed by wind and parched vegetation, wildfires continued to rage Tuesday through Central Texas, where an out-of-control blaze claimed two lives and 550 homes, ...
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New Fire reported Wyldwood/Cedar Creek - Evacuation Map HERE!!
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The entry titled "CenTex wildfires: By the numbers."
Austin American-Statesman (blog)
8: Texas Military Forces resource groups deployed so far, including 2 CH-47 Chinook helicopters, 3 UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters assisting with fires in Bastrop County, 1 UH-60 Blackhawk staged in Austin to fight central Texas fires, 2 UH-60 Blackhawks ...
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Texas Fires Rage on, Evacuations Mount
The Epoch Times
The TFS is also battling existing wildfires and major fires in Palo Pinto, Briscoe, Coryell, and Montague counties. Only 3 of the 254 Texas counties do not have a burn ban in place. “The fire is all over central Texas and there is approximately 1600 ...
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Wildfires ravage Anderson County
Palestine Herald Press
Texas Forest Service Public Information Officer Donna Storch estimated the fires were 40 percent contained as of 1:30 pm Monday. “We've got dozer lines pretty much 3 to 4 blades wide. We have one helicopter working with a bucket,” Storch said. ...
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Central Texans uniting to help Texas fire victims
KCEN-TV
By Rebecca Schleicher - email With tens of thousands of Texas acres under fire, Craig Wortham from Nolanville worries about his brother in Austin. "Fires are burning within a 3-4 mile radius of his home now," he said. A few years ago Craig lost his ...
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Central Texas roads close due to fires
KVUE
I-35 (Travis Co) - Reduced to one northbound lane between Stassney Ln and Ben White Fwy from 8 pm until 6 am Tuesday night. RM 1431 (Cedar Park) - The eastbound outside lane will be closed at the 183A toll road from 9 am until 3 pm weekdays until Sept. ...
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Gov. Rick Perry Takes Aerial Tour of Wildfire Damage in Central Texas
The State Column
“These fires are serious and widespread, and as mean as I have ever seen, burning more than 1000 homes since this wildfire season began,” Gov. Perry said. “Texas appreciates the resources and support we continue to receive from across the state and ...
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U.S. cattle: Futures mixed on falling markets, stronger cash prices
CattleNetwork.com
Grass and range fires in Texas earlier in the year burned more than 3 million acres and destroyed more than 4000 miles of fencing, according to the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
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Texas' Record Drought Stresses Its Green Industry
Today's Garden Center
The extreme drought region, which is a gloomy dark brown on the map, seems to follows the Texas border, although the drought's panhandle takes in about half of Oklahoma. The drought has resulted in hundreds of fires that have burned more than 3.5 ...
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Foxfire subdivision under mandatory evacuation as fire flares up again
The Navasota Examiner
As of 9:30 am Tuesday morning, there were no active, live fires in Grimes County - only hot spots - and only 1 home has been destroyed, Emergency Management Coordinator Michael Pishner said. Winds are expected to increase to 10 to 12 mph by 3 pm, ...
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2 dead in uncontrolled Texas wildfires
UPI.com
The fires -- driven by high winds across large areas of parched ground -- forced Texas Gov. Rick Perry to leave the Republican presidential campaign trail in South Carolina to return to the state and organize requests for federal aid. The giant Bastrop ...
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Excerpts from recent Texas editorials
Fort Worth Star Telegram
In East Texas, a fast-moving fire killed a woman and her 18-month old daughter who were trapped in their mobile home in Gladewater. Fires also gripped Harrison and Upshur counties, among others. Like the Central Texas fires, the East Texas ...
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Perry: 'Devastating' Texas wildfires out of control
msnbc.com
yeah, you talk about bastrop county . officials in that county, and according to the texas forest service , no part of the 25000 acre bastrop fire is contained. another fire is started in the northwest corner of that county. both fires are growing. ...
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Texas Wildfires Burn Homes, Force Evacuations Near Austin, Houston
WIBW
Historic drought in Texas has created ideal conditions for the rapid spread of wildfire. "The fuels are as dry as we've ever seen them," Boggus asid. "It's explosive and very dangerous." Tuesday marks the 294th consecutive day of wildfires in Texas, ...
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First Reading: Wildfires draw Perry back to Texas as he keeps surging in polls
Austin American-Statesman (blog)
We begin this morning with the horrific fire damage hitting this region and the Statesman's main fire story (known in the newspaper world as a “mainbar”): “Firefighters battled raging wildfires across Central Texas for a second day Monday as ...
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Deadly Texas wildfires rage unabated, stoked by Tropical Storm Lee
GlobalPost
The worst of up to 60 smaller wildfires that make up the blaze is in Bastrop County, according to NPR, where 300 homes have been destroyed. Black Hawk helicopters trying to douse the fire, which Texas Forest Service spokeswoman Jan Amen called "a ...
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Officials: Texas wildfires burn 1000+ homes
abc7.com
A series of large wildfires as seen heading east approaching Bastrop, Texas on Highway 71 Monday, Sep. 5, 2011. (AP Photo / Erich Schlegel) AUSTIN, Texas (KABC) -- Officials said on Tuesday that more than 1000 homes have burned in at least 57 wildfires ...
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Texas fires forcing Colorado hay prices up
9NEWS.com
While the economy has been slowly recovering, drought conditions in Texas and Oklahoma are threatening to make this another challenging winter for Colorado horse owners. With hay in short supply in Texas and Oklahoma, ranchers there are coming to ...
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Two Killed in Texas Wildfires; Lee Soaks Gulf Coast, Lumbers North; Mubarak ...
FireEngineering.com
We begin with breaking news from drought stricken Texas where two people have now died as a result those raging wildfires. Officials say a 20-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter were killed when flames engulfed took their mobile homes. ...
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Rick Perry's Attendance at Debate Wednesday is “Fluid Situation”
ABC News (blog)
“Well the 50 things that I'm focused on right now are the number of fires in the state of Texas, so there's plenty of time to lay out ideas about job creation which we do on a regular basis here in the state of Texas,” Perry said on Fox & Friends. ...
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Wildfires continue to rage across region
Longview News-Journal
Find more on wildfires burning across East Texas on Page 7A. Richard Sells and the Diana Volunteer Fire Department water down a house and it's surroundings on Heron Road as wild fires approach the area in Diana on Monday September 5, 2011. ...
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Texas officials say more than 1000 homes have been in wildfires statewide in ...
Lethbridge Herald
Rick Perry holds a news conference to discuss wild fires in central Texas, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, in Bastrop, Texas. A roaring wildfire raced unchecked Monday through rain-starved farm and ranchland in Texas, destroying nearly 500 homes during a rapid ...
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Fires still burning throughout Central Texas, including Bastrop, Steiner Ranch
Austin American-Statesman (blog)
Sheriff's office spokesman Roger Wade had no immediate update on the fires but said emergency officials are planning to release updates later. He did not give a specific time. The Texas Forest Service plans to draw water from Lake Travis today, ...
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Five fires keep firefighters busy Sunday
Huntsville Item
The Pinedale fire, which was first reported at about 3 pm, covered an estimated 150 acres by 9 pm, according to the Texas Forest Service, and was expected to be fully contained by 11 pm, Walker County Office of Emergency Management officials said. ...
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Irion fires second career hole-in-one
Jamestown Sun
Brooke Irion of Runaway Bay, Texas, fired a hole-in-one at Lake Park Golf Course in Lewisville, Texas on the par-3, 115-yard No. 7 hole recently. She finished the round with a score of 75. Brooke Irion of Runaway Bay, Texas, fired a hole-in-one at Lake ...
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Perry to return to Texas to monitor wildfires
CBS News
So, he goes to Texas to "monitor" the wildfires"? What exactly does that mean? If he is not trudging through the bush with the brave people fighting the fires, he will be doing nothing he couldn't do from New Hampshire, or does he not use modern day ...
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Lee moves inland; blamed for 3 deaths
UPI.com
Sheriff's department officials said a mother and her 18-month-old child were killed Sunday near Gladewater in eastern Texas when a wildfire stoked by the storm overtook their mobile home, CNN reported. The sheriff's office said fires in Gladewater and ...
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Arizona fires in '11 have burned more than 1 million acres
Arizona Daily Star
In Texas, more than 3.5 million acres have burned and 14 large fires are currently being fought, according to the Texas Forest Service. The National Interagency Fire Center says the chance of significant fire is "above normal" through the end of ...
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Two dead, hundreds of homes burned in Texas wildfires
Reuters
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Sixty separate wildfires, whipped by strong gusts of wind spawned by Tropical Storm Lee as it moved north, burned cross Texas on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and leaving at least two people dead. ...
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Officials: Mother, child dead after winds from Lee stoke Texas fires
CNN International
Lee's winds have also fueled fierce wildfires that killed at least two people and threatened about 1000 homes in Texas, officials said. Already at least 300 homes burned down and thousands of people evacuated in Bastrop County, authorities there said ...
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Perry Skips Forum to Focus on Texas Fires
New York Times (blog)
But his status as the new front-runner is also inviting new scrutiny of his travel habits, the books he has written and his record in Texas. Wildfires in Texas have ravaged thousands of acres in the northeast part of the state. ...
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Perry Leaves Campaign Trail for Texas in Wake of Wildfires
Fox News (blog)
by Fox News | September 05, 2011 Texas Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry is leaving the campaign trail in South Carolina Monday to head back to Texas as massive wildfires ravage the Lone Star State. Perry aides say the governor has been ...
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Perry Cancels SC Event to Deal With Texas Wildfires
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mr. Perry conducted a town-hall style meeting in Myrtle Beach, SC, this morning before heading back to Texas, spokesman Mark Miner confirmed. Much of Texas has been in a drought for months, creating tinderbox conditions for the wildfires now breaking ...
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Lee's winds fuel TX wildfires ... Obama spends Labor Day in Detroit ...
9&10 News
Authorities say winds from Tropical Storm Lee have helped dozens of fires spread across the region. SAUCIER, Miss. (AP) — Lee's winds have lost some of their punch, but forecasters warn that the storm's slow-moving rains pose a worse flooding threat ...
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Wildfires Rip Through North Texas
MyFox Dallas
DALLAS - A series of wildfires across North Texas burned hundreds of acres and forced the evacuations of some communities. Firefighters working to put out flames in one of the hardest hit areas got a big helping hand from Mother Nature. ...
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LSU fans detoured by Texas fires
WAFB.com
By Robb Hays - email Several wildfires in northeast Texas forced the closure of a major interstate and caused travel delays for LSU fans returning home from the Dallas area. Smoke from the fires was pouring across the interstate causing hazardous ...
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