Texas wildfire updates: Possum Kingdom Lake Chalk Mountain latest

DALLAS — Wildfires broke out throughout North Texas this week, and sizzling, dry circumstances had been right here to remain.

Temperatures had been anticipated to rise once more into the 100s on Tuesday, and no rain was within the speedy forecast.

We’re monitoring every of the wildfires crews had been battling throughout the North Texas space.

Here are the latest updates:

A big wildfire has burned lots of of acres close to Possum Kingdom Lake in Palo Pinto County as crews proceed to work on extinguishing it.

Farm-to-Market 1148 east of Chapel Road was closed and evacuated Monday as the fireplace moved shortly north. Officials say not less than eight houses had been destroyed, however nobody has been harm. 

As of Tuesday morning, 500 acres had burned and the fireplace was about 10% contained. Overnight, crews labored to burn off hearth fuels within the space and create a fringe across the hearth and different buildings, in response to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

MORE: Latest updates: Wildfire burning close to Possum Kingdom Lake in Palo Pinto County

Crews in Somervell County are battling a big wildfire simply west of Glen Rose, in response to officers.

The Somervell County Fire Department says the fireplace is going on between Chalk Mountain and Dinosaur Valley Park, which is about 60 miles southwest of Fort Worth.

According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the fireplace has burned an estimated 1,200 acres and was 5% contained as of seven a.m. Tuesday.

The hearth division says crews have been working to relocate animals which are threatened by the fireplace.

Somervell County additionally issued a disaster declaration because of the hearth.

The Red Cross has opened an in a single day shelter on the Somervell County Expo Center for these impacted by the fireplace.

MORE: Crews battling massive wildfire close to Glen Rose in Somervell County

Crews continued to battle the King Creek hearth in Kaufman County, between Kemp and Rosser.

The hearth was about 450 acres in dimension and was 75% contained by late Monday evening. Residents had been suggested to remain away from the realm as firefighters battled the blaze. Crews had been working with dozers to create traces across the hearth which are freed from fuels reminiscent of vegetation and grass.

The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for all of North Texas on Tuesday, as sizzling and dry circumstances had been anticipated to persist. Our final measurable rain at DFW Airport was on June 3.

Extreme drought and excessive warmth are a nasty mixture in the case of wildfire danger. We noticed this in 2011, after we had a record-breaking wildfire season in Texas.

Numerous fires burned over 1,000 acres. Six of the ten largest wildfires in Texas historical past occurred in April 2011 and greater than 4 million acres in whole had been burned throughout Texas.

The summer time of 2011 noticed greater than 70 triple-digit warmth days and it was additionally the worst one-year drought interval in Texas historical past.

Our circumstances presently aren’t a lot better; all of North Texas is underneath some type of drought circumstances, whereas a big chunk of the area is underneath “exceptional” and “extreme” drought circumstances, in response to the latest Texas Drought Monitor.

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