The story of the raging wildfires in Texas took a turn for the bizarre today when the federal government seized control. read this **

The story of the raging wildfires in Texas took a turn for the bizarre today when the federal government seized control of the effort and began sending volunteer firefighters back home -- even though some had driven through the night to arrive on the scene.
With no end in sight and the fires at zero percent containment in Bastrop County, many are wondering why the federal government is turning away volunteer firefighters who only want to help save lives and property.
Here's the latest on this developing situation which has now (confirmed) resulted in two fatalities and 500 - 1000 homes burned to the ground:
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(NaturalNews) As fires raged across central Texas for the past three days, local citizens sprang into action to protect their lives and property. Local churches opened their doors and began hosting refugees left homeless by the fires which have now destroyed more than 1,000 homes and 100,000 acres across the state in just the past week. Several branches of the YMCA also began hosting families with children, and a public school in Bastrop County opened its doors to serve as an emergency relief center.

See a YouTube video of a citizen's narrow escape around Highway 21 near Bastrop, Texas:
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Federal agencies seize control on Tuesday

Hundreds of firefighters from all the surrounding counties worked two days and nights in a heroic effort to contain the fires, but high winds Sunday night and all day Monday thwarted their efforts. So the call went out for more volunteer firefighters to join the effort from across the state.

Before they arrived, however, the federal government showed up and claimed it was in charge of the situation. "Agents with the federal National Interagency Fire Center, a coalition of federal agencies including the U.S. Forest Service, assumed command of firefighting efforts Tuesday afternoon," reports The Gonzales Cannon ( [link to www.gonzalescannon.com]

RealNewsReporter.com is now reporting that volunteer firefighters who had in some cases driven all night to reach Bastrop county were turned away by the feds, who claimed that since local officials never made a "formal request" for volunteers, the volunteers could not be "activated."

So while Bastrop County burns from 40+ fires that are still raging, the federal government is actually telling volunteer firefighters to go home.

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