Harrison County Fire Claimed 450 Acres
Posted/updated on: August 17, 2011 at 4:40 pm
MARSHALL — A fire that broke out Monday on a Harrison County pine plantation had consumed 450 acres by late Tuesday, fire officials said, placing it among the largest blazes in county history. Firefighters had contained the fire by Tuesday afternoon, Texas Forest Service officials said, after working more than 24 hours at the Phoenix Pine Plantation on Peters Chapel road near Texas 43 North, about 10 miles from Marshall. The property is owned by the family of state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, who was on site Tuesday surveying the damage. The Simpson family company, Avinger Timber, owns 6,500 acres in Harrison County.
