Fires In East Texas

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A large fire being reported between Lufkin, Tx and Apple Springs in the Nigton community.

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There's those nice unions for you.

Contract Dispute Grounds Firefighting Planes

Nearly half of the federal government’s firefighting air tankers are siting idle at a California airport, grounded by the Obama administration in a contract dispute just weeks before wildfires swept through Texas killing a mother and her child, and destroying 100,000 acres.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46009

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One of the guys that works with my husband came back today after being in Bastrop yesterday. My husband asked him what it is like there. He said, "It is like being in Hell."

Still waiting to hear from my BIL.

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Large brush fire in Fair Oak Ranch suburb in San Antonio. Evacuations being ordered.

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NEW FIRE - Harris County - New fire has broken out, 14000 blk of Timber Forest. 20 acres with 100 homes threatened. Humble/Atascocita area.

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@teainfo (Tx Education Agency): More than 200 Bastrop ISD faculty/staff have lost homes or suffered damage; more than 800 homes destroyed.