Texas Wildfire alert: Polk County Wildfires, August 2022 update

Incident location: 30.974 latitude, -94.997 longitude

Impacted area: 0 Acres

On August 9th, 2022 at approximately 12:00pm air detection plains began spotting multiple smoke columns building just south of Highway 287 between the towns Corrigan and Groveton, Texas. Texas A&M Forest Service responded and encountered several of the fires showing moderate to high fire behavior were highly resistant to containment by firefighters.

Texas A&M Forest Service arrived on scene began working in unified command with local fire departments, United States Forest Service, and private timber companies on the ground to establish control lines around fires. Ground resources worked extensively with aircraft resources including Large Air Tankers (LATS), Very Large Air Tankers (VLATS), Fire Boss Single Engine Air Tankers, and Type 1 Helicopters.