Mandatory Evacuation in Gregg County
Posted/updated on: September 6, 2011 at 5:15 pm
LONGVIEW — Officials have announced a mandatory evacuation through much of Gregg County. According to KETK, a large wildfire has been burning out of control in the southwestern portions of the county. Evacuation has been ordered for everyone south of U.S. Highway 80 and west of State Highway 42 between Camp Switch Road and Lawson with a southern border of Merrils Road. Officials caution you not to drive into smoke or cross barricades.
