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Subject Mesquite Heat Fire in Central Texas Consumes 50 to 60 Houses - Containment now at 58% on approx 11.256k acres

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Original Message Disaster Strikes about 170 Miles West of Fort Worth Texas

A disaster was declared in a Texas county as a wildfire has grown to over 9,000 acres and burned dozens of homes, officials said Thursday.

NBC affiliate KRBC of Abilene reported the Mesquite Heat Fire in Taylor County has burned 50 or 60 homes as of midday Thursday. The fire was only 5 percent contained.

Abilene Mayor Anthony Williams provided the number of impacted homes on Facebook Live Thursday morning, but he said the number of burned homes was just an estimate, the news outlet reported.

The wildfire that ignited on Tuesday took a turn for the worse, according to a Wednesday statement from the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office. The fire was 30 percent contained earlier in the week, however, as weather conditions worsened, the blaze grew to over 9,000 acres acres and containment dwindled to only 5 percent as of Thursday afternoon.

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