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Dempsey Fire Update 6/24/22 9:00PM
Dempsey Fire
Publication Type: News -
DEMPSEY FIRE
Size: 6,000 acres
Containment: 20%
Cause: Undetermined
Date Started: June 23, 2022
The Dempsey Fire has showed extreme fire activity as temperatures sored through the afternoon, the fire made a hard push to the northwest and has jumped the Brazos River and FM Rd.
Engines are currently engaged in structure protection and dozers continue to construct line along the flanks of the fire, are craft are making several drops to cool the head and flanks, slowing the rate of spread and buying ground crews time to work. Residents south of Grassy Ridge Rd have been evacuated, and the surrounding area is in voluntary evacuation.