{"id":294117,"date":"2026-05-15T06:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294117\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T06:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:13:12","slug":"lightning-sparks-texas-grass-fire-that-has-scorched-more-than-14000-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294117\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning sparks Texas grass fire that has scorched more than 14,000 acres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FLORIDA FIRE \ud83d\udd25: A raging wildfire burning west of Miami in Broward County near the Everglades has scorched over 11,000 acres, though it is 80% contained as of Tuesday, according to the Florida Forest Service. Must-see video captures the scorching blaze from Weston, Florida.<\/p>\n

CANYON, Texas – Mandatory evacuations are underway in Canyon, Texas<\/a>, as a rapidly spreading grass fire scorches parts of the region.<\/p>\n

STRONG WINDS, DRY AIR EXPAND FIRE THREAT FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE ROCKIES AS SOUTHEAST RISK EASES<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hunggate Fire<\/a> began Thursday afternoon when a storm cell<\/a> moved across Randall County, producing lightning<\/a> that sparked a series of grass fires <\/a>throughout the area.<\/p>\n

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A large 7,000-acre grassfire is causing evacuations in Canyon, Texas.<\/p>\n

(FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

As of Thursday evening, the fire had burned more than 14,000 acres and is 10% contained.<\/p>\n

WHAT IS AN ASH DEVIL? RARE PHENOMENON FORMS DURING WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA<\/a><\/p>\n

Crews from Texas<\/a> A&M Forest Service and multiple local fire departments are actively working to contain the fire as numerous structures remain threatened in the impacted areas.<\/p>\n

\"Smokehouse <\/p>\n

Members of the Texas A&M Forest Service watch as a plane drops fire retardant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Sam Craft\/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

Mandatory evacuations have been issued for areas near Chaparral Villas in the Canyon area and near 13th Avenue in Randall County.<\/p>\n

EMERGING THREAT: OFFICIALS NOTE RECORD NUMBER OF DRONES IN RESTRICTED AIRSPACE DURING FIRES<\/a><\/p>\n

Officials are urging residents to avoid affected areas whenever possible and to use caution when traveling near emergency response operations.<\/p>\n

\"Smokehouse <\/p>\n

A grass fire reignited endangering the towns in Texas that had to be evacuated until further notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Sam Craft\/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

With current dry conditions and an elevated fire risk, the public is encouraged to avoid activities that could spark additional fires, including parking on dry grass, outdoor<\/a> burning or towing chains that may create sparks.<\/p>\n

The Hunggate Fire is one of three fires that started in Texas on Thursday.<\/p>\n

NEW JERSEY MAN FACES ARSON CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH JONES ROAD WILDFIRE THAT SCORCHED OVER 15K ACRES<\/a><\/p>\n

Stay with FOX Weather<\/a> for the latest updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FLORIDA FIRE \ud83d\udd25: A raging wildfire burning west of Miami in Broward County near the Everglades has scorched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4375,72809,27,29,28,393,5607],"class_list":["post-294117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-severe-weather","tag-stay22","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-us","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}