Grass fire burns 4,000 acres northwest of FW
10:56 AM CST on Friday, January 13, 2006
Texas Forest Service officials said a grass fire in Jack County northwest of Fort Worth had burned over 4,000 acres by late Friday morning.
The fire, which broke out Thursay night, has scorched almost 4,000 acres between Jacksboro and Bryson.
Ten fire departments, the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Forest Service had the fire under control until winds shifted and gusted.
Twenty houses were evacuated and three outbuildings were destroyed overnight.
Texas Forest Service spokeswoman Traci Weaver said backfires were set to keep the flames from jumping across State Highway 380. She said the fire was about 70 percent contained by 10:30 a.m. Friday.
“We have a lot of resources on the ground, and we hope we’ve got good firebreaks around the fire,” Weaver said. “We’re hoping we can get things buttoned up by 1:00, when the weather’s supposed to deteriorate.”
Additionally, residents in North Texas may be seeing some smoke Friday morning from a new fire in southern Oklahoma.
Some 40,000 acres were burning in Carter County just north of the state line. Nineteen houses have been destroyed, along with many additional structures.
No injuries have been reported.
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