{"id":1388337,"date":"2022-03-18T12:43:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388337"},"modified":"2022-03-18T12:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:59:53","slug":"video-wildfires-in-texas-prompt-evacuations-burn-nearly-40k-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-wildfires-in-texas-prompt-evacuations-burn-nearly-40k-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Wildfires in Texas Prompt Evacuations, Burn Nearly 40K Acres"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-wildfires-in-texas-prompt-evacuations-burn-nearly-40k-acres%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388337&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Weather conditions have caused wildfires to spread in Texas, resulting in evacuations of some communities, but so far no one was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wildfires-fires-environment-texas-dallas-220d501ce851321262c3d44d0cec3899\">reported<\/a> injured on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Per the Associated Press (AP):<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-71 Component-p-0-2-62\">Several wildfires merged to form what fire officials call a \u201ccomplex\u201d that was burning near Eastland, about 120 miles (195 kilometers) west of Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-71 Component-p-0-2-62\">As of Friday morning, the fires had burned about 62.5 square miles (162 square kilometers), according to Texas A&#038;M Forest Service. It was only 2% contained and fires were burning in thick brush and grass fields.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a social media post Thursday evening, the Texas A&#038;M Forest Service <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllHazardsTFS\/status\/1504607777934786560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1504661975611105283%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdfw.cbslocal.com%2F2022%2F03%2F17%2Fmultiple-wildfires-combine-burn-13k-acres-eastland-county-texas%2F\">said<\/a> fires were sweeping across approximately 13,000 acres.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20261639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/1000-2-1.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Flames quickly spread through dry grass west of Abilene, Texas near Old Highway 80 Thursday, March 17, 2022.\u00a0 (Ronald W. Erdrich\/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An image showed the Eastland Complex fire\u2019s location, which was near Cross Plains, Carbon, and Cisco:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alert: Multiple fires in Eastland County have been combined into the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastlandComplex?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EastlandComplex<\/a>. This includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WallingFire?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WallingFire<\/a>. Fires are burning actively in heavy brush and are an estimated 13,000 acres. The Southern Area Grey Incident Management Team Type 3 has been ordered. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ok7RIE16JQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Ok7RIE16JQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Incident Information \u2013 Texas A&#038;M Forest Service (@AllHazardsTFS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllHazardsTFS\/status\/1504607777934786560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The forest service <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllHazardsTFS\/status\/1504754182968037405\">noted<\/a> Friday morning in an update the Eastland Complex spread across approximately 39,883 acres:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastlandComplex?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EastlandComplex<\/a> in Eastland County is an estimated 39,883 acres and 2% contained. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txfire?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txfire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Incident Information \u2013 Texas A&#038;M Forest Service (@AllHazardsTFS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllHazardsTFS\/status\/1504754182968037405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Eastland County has approximately 18,000 residents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/25NewsKXXV\/posts\/5581775638518786\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/118730818156656\/posts\/5581775638518786\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>WILDFIRE DANGER: Texas wildfires fueled by gusty winds prompt evacuations.STORY: https:\/\/www.kxxv.com\/news\/texas-wildfires-fueled-by-gusty-winds-prompt-evacuations<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/118730818156656\">25 News KXXV<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/118730818156656\/posts\/5581775638518786\/\">Friday, March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Video footage taken early Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iLTuvJIP0rQ\">showed<\/a> the blaze spread out over large areas:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOther smaller fires were burning throughout other areas of Texas, and Thursday\u2019s low humidity and high winds created an ideal scenario for the blazes to quickly grow out of control,\u201d the AP report said.<\/p>\n<p>A resident named Brien Hoskins lost his home and pets due to the fire in Carbon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust trying to make a living for me and my wife. It\u2019s all gone,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillWadell\/status\/1504839088993718276\">said<\/a>, adding, \u201cI just hope that somebody can help us get another home.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brien Hoskins lost his home and several dogs as the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastlandComplex?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EastlandComplex<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fire?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fire<\/a> tore through <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Carbon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Carbon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Texas?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Texas<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He says he&#8217;s grateful for a local deputy who got him to safety &#038; the winds shifted direction quickly and there wasn&#8217;t enough time to rescue his dogs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/accuweather?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@accuweather<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j8RVZN4wiC\">pic.twitter.com\/j8RVZN4wiC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Wadell (@BillWadell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillWadell\/status\/1504839088993718276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an update on Friday, the Eastland Fire Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=340930748078788&#038;id=100064855953582\">reported<\/a> the forest service and Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) firefighters joined with local agencies, working together throughout the night regarding the wildfires:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=340930748078788&#038;id=100064855953582\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064855953582\/posts\/340930748078788\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Wildfire Update \u2013 March 18, 2022 0940 amTexas A&#038;M Forest Service and Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Eastland-Fire-Department\/100064855953582\/\">Eastland Fire Department<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064855953582\/posts\/340930748078788\/\">Friday, March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cStrong winds and critically dry grasses contributed to extreme fire behavior and rapid rates of spread across the landscape. Fire crews continued to focus on life safety and structure protection as well as constructing containment lines where possible,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the AP article, officials had not reported any injuries as of Friday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather conditions have caused wildfires to spread in Texas, resulting in evacuations of some communities, but so far no one was reported injured on Friday. 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