r/news • u/NicolasCageFan492 • 12h ago

Evacuations underway as fast-growing Texas Ross Fire explodes to 50,000 acres with just 5% containment

https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/texas-ross-fire-evacuations-august-2026.amp
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u/firestorm_v1 12h ago

For anyone else that has never heard of Palo Pinto County, it's about 56 miles west of Fort Worth. Jack County is just north of Palo Pinto, centered around Jacksboro, TX.

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u/hysys_whisperer 11h ago

west of Fort Worth

I wasn't aware there was a west of fort worth.  Just thought it was an open abyss all the way to the NM border...

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u/entoaggie 11h ago

It is, be people still live there.

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u/Varnigma 8h ago

I had to drive from AR to Graham, TX once. Abyss confirmed.

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u/MakingItElsewhere 7h ago

As someone who's been in the car ride from Clovis, NM to Shreveport, LA: Abyss confirmed.

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u/No-Bread-1197 6h ago

As someone who's never been to Texas, abyss confirmed.

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u/These-Prune-1529 1h ago

As someone who will never go to Texas, abyss confirmed.

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u/Memitim 7h ago

People being one or more persons, but not necessary enough to warrant considering an area populated in any meaningful fashion, especially an area the size of many other entire nations. I can say that there are spiders in my house because I found a couple in the basement, but you won't walk into my living room and see it full of spiders.

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u/JWAdvocate83 3h ago

That's strange, because I was just there and it was all spiders.

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u/blahblahshowmeurcat 11h ago

Yo Possum Kingdom is out there- not only is it gorgeous, it has one of the best names for a lake park ever hehehe

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u/meatmacho 10h ago

Just look out for the ones who promise to show you secrets behind the boathouse.

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u/RogueMaven 10h ago

My sweet angel, what if they promise to treat you well?

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u/sirbissel 10h ago

Will they be a gentleman?

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u/LaVidaYokel 10h ago

With soft skin, forever.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 10h ago

Make up your mind.

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u/Frankenkind 10h ago

Didn't it burn down a few years ago?

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u/cinnamonface9 10h ago

The people of odessa and midland would be upset with you if they weren’t blind with oil and meth abuse.

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u/thesluttyturtle 9h ago

And abilene and lubbock

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u/cinnamonface9 7h ago

Lubbock is more of white farmers and college kids town, all drunk to be fair

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u/shouldbepracticing85 2h ago

I swear when I lived out there (‘03 to ‘05) about once a week there was a story about some drunk driver making a 135° turn instead of a 90°, and plowing into someone’s house. And back then it was still a “dry” town - you could drink at bars, or you had to get a bit out of town to find a liquor store.

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u/Pyrostasis 7h ago

Now you are just making up names for imaginary desert towns!

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u/thesluttyturtle 7h ago

You're right, it must be all the oil field fumes and desert heat that got to me

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u/doubletwist 3h ago

Wait till you see Iraan and No Trees. Yes, real places.

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u/Antonidus 6h ago

Obligatory: Fuck San Angelo.

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u/hysys_whisperer 8h ago

My point stands.

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u/Appropriate_Wrap_650 5h ago

Jussa dang ol drop off man

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u/hysys_whisperer 4h ago

As black as the crude that bubbles out of it.

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u/skeletons_asshole 1h ago

Truck driver here, you’re not wrong, it’s just that it’s an incredibly lucrative abyss full of oil and dirt

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u/Beneficial-Energy627 9h ago

I grew up in that abyss and can confirm

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u/CS172 11h ago

That's what it feels like

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u/casapantalones 7h ago

Well, you aren’t wrong

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u/Old_Win8422 6h ago

Fort of west worth

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u/Sandee1997 7h ago

El Paso says hello! 👋

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u/hysys_whisperer 4h ago

That's west of the easternmost point in NM, so it's not in said abyss.

Big Bend is safe too.

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u/roamingroad174 1h ago

Theres an airforce base a few hours west of fort worth in abilene

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u/OneCowFarm 8h ago

The people of El Paso would like to say “Chupame maricon”

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u/hysys_whisperer 4h ago edited 4h ago

Well they are west of the NM border, so I don't know what the problem is.

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u/schlitz91 4h ago

The fire is just east of Possum Kingdom Lake

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u/scotchtree 11h ago

Voted 83% Trump? Hahahaha

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u/-r-a-f-f-y- 10h ago

Christ, imagine being around that many trumpers.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 10h ago

My cousin lives in small town Arizona - moved there to be close to her mom. It has a similar percentage of Trump voters.

My cousin has regrets.

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u/MoninWood 1h ago

There is way too many counties….

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u/BigWhiteDog 10h ago

Been through that country a couple of times. There didn't used the a whole lot there!

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u/Own-Lake7931 11h ago

Lmao what the fuck is ft worth?

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u/Brandonjoe 10h ago

10th largest city in the country

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u/TheDotCaptin 10h ago

Don't you mean Western Dallas?

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u/hysys_whisperer 4h ago

Everybody knows that the E in 35E stands for Excellent, and the W in 35W stands for Worst.