Wildfires Plague the Area
Posted/updated on: August 21, 2011 at 6:30 pm
EAST TEXAS – Fires around the area have been taxing manpower and equipment. There have been several around Smith County. The largest was on the Smith/Rusk County Line. It burned some 415 acres. Roads in the area have been reopened and residents have been allowed to return to their homes.
In northeastern Anderson county early this week, over 430 acres burned between Frankston and Neches. The only building destroyed was an unoccupied deer camp trailer house. Officials say the fire started when a limb fell across power line which sparked when it hit the ground.
Also earlier this week 450 acres burned in Harrison County. The fire, which started about ten miles north of Marshall, damaged no buildings. No injuries were reported. They’re still trying to find out how it started.
