Evacuations underway as lightning sparks massive grassfire and burns thousands of acres in Texas

CANYON, Texas - Mandatory evacuations are underway successful Canyon, Texas, arsenic a rapidly spreading writer occurrence scorches parts of the region.

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The Hunggate Fire began Thursday day erstwhile a storm cell moved crossed Randall County, producing lightning that sparked a bid of writer fires throughout the area.

A ample 7,000-acre grassfire is causing evacuations successful Canyon, Texas.

(FOX Weather)

As of Thursday evening, the occurrence had burned much than 7,000 acres and remained 0% contained.

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Crews from Texas A&M Forest Service and aggregate section occurrence departments are actively moving to incorporate the occurrence arsenic galore structures stay threatened successful the impacted areas.

Members of the Texas A&M Forest Service ticker arsenic a level drops occurrence retardant. 

(Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications / FOX Weather)

Mandatory evacuations person been issued for areas adjacent Chaparral Villas successful the Canyon country and adjacent 13th Avenue successful Randall County.

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Officials are urging residents to debar affected areas whenever imaginable and to usage caution erstwhile traveling adjacent exigency effect operations.

A writer occurrence reignited endangering the towns successful Texas that had to beryllium evacuated until further notice. 

(Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications / FOX Weather)

With existent adust conditions and an elevated occurrence risk, the nationalist is encouraged to debar activities that could spark further fires, including parking connected adust grass, outdoor burning oregon towing chains that whitethorn make sparks.

The Hunggate Fire is 1 of 3 fires that started successful Texas connected Thursday.

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