Neighbors of an open field from which a grass fire spread into their suburban Dallas subdivision, destroying nine homes, had complained that the field’s owner wouldn’t mow the grass.
In a statement, the Southern Area Blue, Type-I Incident Management Team said “significant hotspots” throughout the Chalk Mountain Fire involved unburned and partially burned fuels.
Fire crews are performing grid searches throughout the fire zone 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth, with particular emphasis given near homes within the fire zone.And fire crews are standing down on the western shore ofThis year has been plagued by wildfires fostered by severe to extreme drought throughout the West.
In California, firefighters were making progress Tuesday against a huge wildfire that spread to a forest near Yosemite National Park, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate mountain communities. The fire is the second to strike the area. Another fire that broke out in the area earlier this month burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias.
In New Mexico, a prescribed burn in early April got out of control and grew to the biggest wildfire in the state’s history, blackening more than 500 square miles in the north of the state. The Balch Spring Civic Center is accepting donations, along with other organizations as the community unites to support those affected by Monday's fires.
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