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Ross Fire Declared 100% Contained After 90,000-Acre Burn

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  • Texas A&M Forest Service declared the Ross Fire 100% contained on Sept. 16.
  • The fire burned roughly 90,000 acres across Palo Pinto and Jack counties.
  • Officials recorded 157 structures destroyed, 140 damaged, and 453 saved.
  • Jack County ordered evacuations on Aug. 25 and lifted them on Aug. 26.
  • Highway 180 reopened after closure between South FM 4 and FM 919.