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Brush Fire Breaks Out Near I-35E In Dallas, Ellis Counties
A large brush fire near I-35E in Red Oak on June 18, 2011.. (Credit: Ryan Garr) GLENN HEIGHTS (CBSDFW.COM) – Firefighters contained a brushfire at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday that, at its height, had...
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Single Mother Returns To Charred Glenn Heights Home
GLENN HEIGHTS (CBSDFW.COM) – A single mother spent Saturday 1,200 miles away from her home, getting constant updates from a friend as a 280-acre fire rushed through Ellis County and gutted her house....
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Wildfire Burns Hundreds Of Acres In Palo Pinto County
Chopper 11 picture of grassfire in Palo Pinto County. (credit: CBSDFW.COM) Updated 10:25 p.m. 7/5 PALO PINTO COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A wildfire has burned nearly 1,000 acres in Palo Pinto County. There...
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Palo Pinto County Wildfire 50 Percent Contained
GRAFORD (CBSDFW.COM) – Firefighters are making progress on a wildfire that has charred 1,200 acres northwest of Mineral Wells. The wildfire, one of four that the Texas Forest Service is currently...
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Outdoor Burn Bans Extend To 246 Texas Counties
COLLEGE STATION (AP) – The Texas Forest Service says the record number of counties with outdoor burn bans has reached 246 as the drought lingers. An agency map Monday showed scattered counties in...
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Grass Fire Threatens Homes In Kaufman County
COMBINE (CBSDFW.COM) – Firefighters have doused the majority of a grass fire that consumed three homes in the Kaufman County town of Combine this afternoon. Homeowners near Jimmy Lane Road were...
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Palo Pinto County Fighting Large Grass Fire
GRAFORD (CBSDFW.COM) – A 7,500-acre grass fire is burning in Palo Pinto County in the same region that saw flames consume more than 150,000 acres of land in April. The fire started around 1:30 p.m....
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Crews Still Battling Palo Pinto County Grass Fire
GRAFORD (CBSDFW.COM) - A massive grass fire continues to burn in Palo Pinto County on Wednesday morning, after hours of emergency crews trying to stop the flames from bringing more devastation to an...
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Manpower Hard To Come By For Rural Volunteer Fire Departments
PALO PINTO COUNTY (CBS 11 NEWS) – There are two things the volunteers fighting the raging fires in Palo Pinto County need desperately: rain and more firefighters. The bad economy has made it difficult...
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Palo Pinto Co. Grass Fire Causing More Destruction
PALO PINTO COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A mandatory evacuation is in place around Possum Kingdom Lake and residents are being asked to stay away as firefighters continue to battle a massive grass fire. The...
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Red Cross Now Heading To Possum Kingdom Fire
PALO PINTO COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – People who have lost their homes along Possum Kingdom Lake will soon be getting some help from the American Red Cross. Thursday’s Red Cross mission will be their first...
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Firefighters Still Working Palo Pinto Co. Fire
PALO PINTO COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – For the third day, wildfires continued to burn around Possum Kingdom Lake in Palo Pinto County Thursday, Firefighters battled smoke, flames and weather conditions as...
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Widespread Wildfires Under Control In Navarro County
NAVARRO (CBSDFW.COM) – Widespread wildfires in Navarro County destroyed nine buildings and spurred mandatory evacuations throughout the area before a bout of rain helped fire fighters get the blaze...
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Fire Danger Still “Critical” Despite Cooler Weather
Firemen put out smouldering embers. (credit: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) CEDAR HILL (CBSDFW.COM) – “Critical” is the word local fire officials are using when they talk about the fire danger across North...
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Wildfires Bring Renewed Concern For Physically Disabled
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The rapidly moving wildfires burning across Texas prove just how quickly entire neighborhoods have to evacuate. But for the intellectually or physically disabled, it’s not easy....
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Shelter Set Up For Livestock From Bastrop Wildfires
ELGIN (CBSDFW.COM) – A shelter from the wildfires in Bastrop County has been set up in Elgin, but not for people. The livestock arena in Elgin, just east of Austin, has become the temporary home for...
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Grass Fire Spreads To Mobile Home, Killing One
KAUFMAN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) - The extreme fire danger has turned deadly. A Kaufman County man was killed and two others were injured after a grass fire consumed a mobile home. It happened on Travis...
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Breathing Problems Caused By Smoky, Dry, Dirty Air
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The fires across the state are sending a lot of smoke billowing into the air and some of it is drifting into the air we breathe here in North Texas. To the naked eye, the...
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7 Buildings Burned In Lake Whitney Fire
Credit: Susan Barnett LAKE WHITNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – A Thursday afternoon grass fire destroyed seven buildings and burned 300 acres in Hill County. The fire started around 4:00 p.m Thursday near Lake...
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Concern Over Forest Service Cuts As Wildfires Rage
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas Forest Service relies on volunteer fire departments to protect rural areas. After dealing with severe budget cuts, some are worried the agency might not be as effective...
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