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Horseshoe Fire

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Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 

Incident Contacts

Horseshoe Fire, April 21, 2022 10:00 pm

Horseshoe Fire
Publication Type: News -

    Horseshoe Fire
April 21, 2022  
 

Size: 400 acres
Containment: 70% 
Cause: Unknown
 
Yesterday, April 20, 2022, crews worked into the night on establishing holding lines with heavy equipment and burn out operations. Significant fire activity was observed within areas with a lot of topography and heavy fuels, but fire crews had made good progress. 

Today, April 21, 2022, Fire crews had returned to staff the fire in the morning and worked on patrolling and mop up. Aviation was utilized to help monitor. Many hot spots were located within the river drainages, firefighters worked on mitigating them. Crews will return in the morning to patrol and monitor the fire, in preparation of the extreme wind event forecasted for tomorrow. Please refer to local weather forecasts for updates on wind events.