Firefighters are working to put out a grass fire in the town of Lavon, located east of Plano.
The fire broke out around 11:30 a.m. Thursday in a field behind homes near Highway 78 and CR 2755.It’s not yet clear how much land the fire has burned or how much of it is contained.FOX 4 Meteorologist Kylie Capps said despite the cooler temperatures on Thursday, the risk will remain high until the area gets some decent rain.Drought conditions encompass nearly all of North Texas with areas to the south and southwest being the worst, according to the latest drought monitor report.
"Yesterday we saw our winds shift out of the west and because of that, that places a very high fire danger a little bit closer to I-35W and definitely across our western counties yesterday," Capps said. "Today we’re still dealing with a little bit of a breeze."
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