The Sandlin Hill Fire burned 172 acres and was 50% contained on Wednesday night. 50 homes that were previously evacuated are now safe.
Meanwhile, firefighters battled flames and bulldozers carved out fire breaks to keep them from spreading.
“Any spark right now will catch something on fire,” Turner said. Some property was destroyed but crews prevented homes from catching fire.In April 2011, during an extreme drought, four out-of-control wildfires burning in close proximity to each other were dubbed the Possum Kingdom Complex fire. The fires scorched 150,000 acres of parched Texas ranch land and destroyed 150 homes and two churches.
Later that summer, in August, a second fire erupted near the lake called the PK 101 Ranch fire. That fire burned more than 6,000 additional acres on the south side of the lake and destroyed nearly 40 more homes.
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