Wildfires burn across East Texas week of July 20

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Wildfires are currently burning on hundreds of acres farm, woods, and pastureland in East Texas as of July 20. 

Texas A&M Forest Service has released details on the following fires in East Texas: 

• Gregg 4074 Fire, Gregg County – 3.4 acres, 90% contained
• East County Fire, Kaufman County – 500 acres, 40% contained
• 1148 Fire, Palo Pinto County – est. 500 acres, 10% contained
• Chalk Mountain Fire, Somervell County – est. 6,000 acres, 10% contained
• King Creek Fire, Kaufman County – 458 acres, 95% contained
• Shelby 4081 Fire, Shelby County – 65 acres, 20% contained
• Van Zandt 4093 Fire, Van Zandt County – 100 acres, 0% contained
• Nacogdoches 4096 Fire, Nacogdoches County – 1 acre, 0% contained
• Nacogdoches 4098 Fire, Nacogdoches County – 8 acre, 0% contained

East Texas fires that are now 100% contained

• Cherokee 4051 Fire, Cherokee County – 0.3 acre 
• Van Zandt 4094 Fire, Van Zandt County – 142 acres
• Cass 4053 Fire, Cass County – 2 acres
• Cass 4066 Fire, Cass County – 2 acres
• Lamar 4057 Fire, Lamar County – 5 acres
• Panola 4078 Fire, Panola County – 1 acre
• Red River 4079 Fire, Red River County – 1 acre
• Rusk 4080 Fire, Rusk County – 3.5 acres
• Smith 4071 Fire, Smith County – 2 acres
• Smith 4076 Fire, Smith County – 1 acre

There have been no large-scale wildfires reported in Hopkins County or immediately surrounding counties, although the forest service does not report fires that local counties are fighting. 

“The risk for significant fires is also expanding east to include portions of East Texas, including areas near Palestine, Crockett, Huntsville, Tyler and Marshall,” the forest service noted. 

There are currently 214 Texas counties with burn bans in place.

Fires that are burning elsewhere in Texas, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service, are: 

• Walnut Creek Fire, Bastrop County – 36.2 acres, 90% contained
• West Bend Fire, Wichita County – 6,522 acres, 80% contained
• Spinning Buffalo Fire, Castro County – 180 acres, 90% contained
• Diamond Gate Fire, Coke County – 50 acres, 25% contained
• Nelson Creek Fire, Walker County – est. 1,852 acres, 80% contained
• Stanifer Branch Fire, Bosque County – 160 acres, 80% contained
• Honey Creek Fire, Uvalde County – 273 acres, 60% contained
• Nethery Road Fire, Kimble County – 3,262 acres, 90% contained
• Grimes 4083 Fire, Grimes County – 20 acres, 60% contained

Pictured: Smoke shows behind a road block on the Chalk Mountain Fire in Somervell County on July 19. Photo by A. Schwier/ Texas A&M Forest Service

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