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Fire crews in Palo Pinto County are still working on putting out a wildfire thought to have been started by lightning. So far, the blaze is about 40 percent contained and has burned more than 3,200 acres of land in rural parts of the county.
spokeswoman Erin O'Connor says crews made some progress Wednesday night.
"They were able to get some good line on it, and then the weather started helping us out as the night wore on,鈥� O鈥機onnor said. 鈥淥ur humidity rose and our temperatures, so that was really beneficial to kind of slow the spread of the fire."
The so-called "surprise fire" began Monday about 60 miles west of Fort Worth. O'Connor says the goal on Thursday is to improve the fire line put in by crews, and use aerial help to put out spots that haven鈥檛 been touched yet.
Palo Pinto County , which banned the personal use of fireworks. Johnson, Hood, Parker and Erath counties also enacted similar burn bans due to the dry conditions.
Other stories this morning:
- In North Texas, thousands watched as march through the town square yesterday. Just a few days ago, hundreds appeared on the same square protesting federal policies that separated immigrant children from their parents.
- A new list of the of all time is out. And if you were expecting, say, 鈥淕iant鈥� or 鈥淭he Last Picture Show鈥� at the top, you鈥檙e in for a surprise. Our Big Screen team looks at the 鈥淗ouston Chronicle鈥檚鈥� list with one of the critics who put it together.
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