A high alert was issued Monday by the Texas A&M Forest Service to prepare for additional wildfires amid the continued Texas heat.
A&M Forest Service issued a Level four alert on Monday for wild land fire preparedness. Over the past seven days, Texas A&M Forest Service has responded to more than 80 wildfires, 41 since Friday. In total, more than 8,500 acres burned in those fires over seven days.
"We’re currently seeing a lot of activity, and we anticipate even more activity this week," said Erin O’Connor from Texas A&M Forest Service. "We’re experiencing continued triple digit temperatures. We have dry, critically dry, vegetation pretty much statewide at this point. It’s just the perfect environment to support wildfires."Intense summer heat and very little rainfall have created extremely dry conditions and fuel for fires.
"We’re averaging right now, about 15 fires a day, they’re attributing to dry conditions," said Todd Mitchell from the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office. "Which obviously takes a load on all the local fire departments trying to keep up with those."
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