![]() Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management for all firefighting aircraft. Texas A&M Forest Service does not own any aviation resources but instead uses federal aviation contracts through the U.S. Thirty-five aviation resources are currently staged in the state, including three large air tankers, 15 single-engine air tankers, five air attack platforms, two aerial supervision modules, three Type 1 helicopters, two Type 3 helicopters, four Blackhawks, and one multi-mission aircraft. Resources from 34 states have been mobilized to Texas this month to support wildfire response efforts.Īircraft were heavily utilized over the past week to support suppression efforts on the ground, responding to multiple wildfires and dropping a total of 263,000 gallons of water and retardant to slow the forward progression of the fires. In a statement Monday, the forest service said they have staged fully-staffed task forces and additional suppression equipment in Alice, Amarillo, Beeville, Brownwood, Burkburnett, Childress, Edinburg, Fort Stockton, Fredericksburg, Lubbock, McGregor, Merkel, Mineral Wells, Pleasanton, San Angelo, Smithville, and Victoria. SUPPRESSION EFFORTS (FROM TAMU FOREST SERVICE) Over the past 7 days, fire resources responded to 121 wildfires that burned 35,728 acres. The forest service said so far in the month of March state and local resources have responded to 726 wildfires that burned 164,257 acres across the state. "Unfortunately, little to no precipitation is forecast for the immediate future and we expect the current level of wildfire activity to continue for some time." "As conditions across a large portion of the state worsen, wildfires that ignite are burning more intensely and are frequently resistant to control," said Wes Moorehead, Texas A&M Forest Service Fire Chief. The forest service said many of the wildfires recently battled in the state exhibited extreme fire behavior "including group torching, or the transition of fire from the ground to the canopy of trees, and spotting of embers and flammable material ahead of the active wildfire." ![]() The Texas A&M Forest Service said Monday critically to extremely dry vegetation mixed with well-above normal temperatures and increased wind speed will make the potential for large wildfires greater this week west of the Interstate 35 corridor. ![]() Why are magic ‘witch bottles' used for spells washing up on Texas beaches? ![]()
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