Texas A&M Forest Service resources and Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System strike teams are responding to the fires.
Many parts of Texas remain under an extreme fire threat, the Storm Prediction Center said on Thursday. The National Weather Service in San Angelo said that there is an"ongoing drought" in many parts of Texas and that those places had not seen significant rains for most of the winter.The city of Ranger, which is in Eastland County, was badly hit by the wildfires.
Fire services appeared to be making some progress at containing some of the fires. An update early on Friday morning from Texas A&M Forest Service said that the Edmunson fire, which is an estimated 3,878 acres, was 75 percent contained. The Chico Lane fire in Reagan county is estimated to be 8,000 acres big and is 50 percent contained, but the forest service warned that the blaze remained"very active.
Gaye Jaco hugs her stepdaughter Jennifer Leaver upon returning to their burned down home on the east side of Lake Bastop on September 6, 2011 outside Bastrop, Texas. Wildfires returned to Texas this week, burning at least 14,800 acres of land.