As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, the fire has spread to 6,000 acres and is 10% contained.
There are crews on the ground and in the air, trying to secure a line and make sure the fire doesn't spread outside those boundaries."In terms of making sure everyone's staying hydrated, making sure all the crews are safe and not overheating out there," Schwier said."So that plus the fire actively itself.
Lewis said that Fossil Rim is also taking precautions, like cutting fuel lines, clearing land and making sure everyone, including the animals, have a safe way out. "If it really got bad, we would cut and let loose but we have so many areas within the park where we have fuel burns some people refer to them as fire burns where we've cleared areas so it mainly just be grass that would be burning," Lewis said.
Somervell County Judge, Danny Chambers, said he hopes the fire will be contained over the next two days.
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