Grass Fires Burn Homes
Big grass fires in Oklahoma and Texas have burned a number of homes and other structures (from FOXNews.com).
CROSS PLAINS, Texas — Fire crews in Texas were monitoring areas hit by grass fires for hot spots Wednesday as a new line of fires was reported in Oklahoma.More than 60 structures were destroyed in the two states Tuesday by fast-moving grass fires that left at least one person dead and injured several others.
These fires were apparently wind driven, which can really make them difficult to extinguish. Why were there so many fires?
Authorities believe they were mainly set by people ignoring fire bans and burning trash, shooting fireworks or tossing cigarettes on the crunchy, brown grass.
Emphasis mine. Hopefully the law enforcement folks can find who started the fires and prosecute them successfully.
The news report has some pictures too.
UPDATE: Here is a local news report from KOCO in Oklahoma City. They have a video too. The video shows how the fire service can use the media to help in evacuations.
UPDATE 2: Here is a link to the story on Firehouse.com (they have pictures too).
UPDATE 3: The fires have consumed over 100 structures and killed four people. Here are articles from Firehouse.com and CNN. The CNN link has some interesting pictures and video.
Comments
I live in Eastland which is very close to Cross Plains. It is such a small town, and my grandfather had many friends there. We will try to help as much as we can.
Posted by: Ashlyn at December 28, 2005 11:00 AM
