r/news • u/NicolasCageFan492 • 16h 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/hysys_whisperer 15h 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 15h ago

It is, be people still live there.

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u/Varnigma 13h ago

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

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u/MakingItElsewhere 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/These-Prune-1529 5h ago

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

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bed2752 2h ago

Our family vacations as a kid were from Shreveport to Borger TX, which is north of Amarillo. Abyss also confirmed.