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B-ROLL/PHOTO UPDATE: Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) wildfire exceeds 250-acres, 50 percent contained

Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) emergency personnel work to contain a bushfire in a training area near Owl Creek Wildlife Management Area June 14, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Eric Franklin, Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Public Affairs)
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter prepares to drop water from a Helicopter bucket 
(Bambi bucket) on a bushfire in a training area near Owl Creek Wildlife Management Area on Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) June 14, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Eric Franklin, Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Public Affairs)
Burned out area near Owl Creek Wildlife Management Area June 14, 2022. (U.S. Army Photo by Eric Franklin, Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Public Affairs.)

 

B-ROLL UPDATE: Click here for B-Roll of a UH-60 helicopter battling today’s brush fire. 

DATE: June 14, 2022 5:37:55 PM CDT

UPDATE1: Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) wildfire exceeds 250-acres, 50 percent contained

FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas– Firefighters are working to contain the fire which is currently estimated to exceed 250 acres and is 50 percent contained.

The Texas A&M Forest Service was on-site and provided support for aerial reconnaissance and four fixed-wing aircraft that completed eight drops of fire retardant.

The Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) Fire Department has identified a 60-acre second fire in the vicinity of Clabber Creek Multi Use Range and are utilizing the second CH-47 to conduct air drops, that fire is also 50 percent contained.

The Directorate of Emergency Services, Directorate of Public Works and units will continue with air drops on hot spots, blading operations, and ground attacks until sunset. After sunset, DES officials will place brush-truck crews to monitor the fire activity overnight.

More information will be released on www.FortHoodPressCenter.com  as it becomes available.