FRANKLIN COUNTY, TEXAS

UPDATE 1 | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021 | 1530 PT

A wildfire that began on Friday, February 5th around 1618 CST has burned about 662 acres of brush and timber. Fire crews have reached a ninety-percent containment of the fire perimeter and twenty-percent of the overall containment inside fire lines.

The wildfire is named the DAPHNE PRAIRIE FIRE.

The incident is located about three miles north of Highway 67 and just off of FM 1896 in Franklin County, Texas.

Resources include crews from the Texas A&M Forest Service which is in Unified Command with local Volunteer Fire Districts (VFDs). The Incident Commander (IC) is Cody Mayo with the TA&MFS.

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