BUNA, Texas — A wildfire that began in Jasper County and moved into Orange County on Sunday is now 100% contained.
The fire burned 417 acres.
Fire crews will remain in the area throughout the weekend to monitor for any flare-ups, according to the Orange County Office of Emergency Management.
All evacuations in the area of FM2802/Texla Rd were lifted by 1 a.m. Monday morning and all homes in the area were safe.
Firefighters from around Southeast Texas and the Texas Forest Service fought the fire which started before 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
The fire started near County Road 826 near Private Road 8414 about 11.5 miles south of Buna.The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
It quickly grew and by 4 p.m. was moving into Orange County triggering some mandatory evacuations of the area along FM 2802/Texla rd.
By 4:40 p.m. the fire had burned about 300 acres and several homes were threatened but so far none have been reported to have burned.
The Texas Forest Service sent planes to help battle the fire by scooping water from Dam B to dump on the flames.
Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor was temporarily used as a shelter for residents who are evacuated according to American Red Cross Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Region, Natalie Warren.
At one point there were about 200 firefighters from the following departments fighting the fire...
- Texas Forest Service
- Buna Fire Dept.
- Evadale Fire Dept.
- Beaumont Fire Dept.
- Port Arthur Fire Dept.
- Port Neches Fire Dept.
- China Fire Dept.
- Silsbee Fire Dept.
- Lumberton Fire Dept.
- Jasper Fire Dept.
- West Orange Fire Dept.
- Jefferson County Emergency Service Districts 1 and 3
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