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Ross Fire grows to one of the largest wildfires on record in North Texas

Over three days the fire has grown to more than 80,000 acres in Palo Pinto and Jack counties and is 12% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. No injuries have been reported.

The Texas Tribune

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Summary based on reporting from The Texas Tribune.

Ross Fire grows to one of the largest wildfires on record in North Texas
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Signal breakdown

CurrentWire ranked this story 65.4 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
27.4 of 35
Source authority
14 of 20
Coverage breadth
4 of 20
Geographic relevance
10 of 10
Story prominence
10 of 10
Velocity
0 of 5

Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.

Filed under Climate · United States · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Texas (14), Wildfires (5), North Texas (none).

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