UPDATE 8:15 A.M. TUESDAY
The Texas A&M Forest Service reported Tuesday morning that the Buck Fire in Throckmorton County has reached 18,688 acres and is 95% contained.
The increase in acreage since yesterday is due to more accurate mapping, the Forest Service said in a social media update.
ORIGINAL STORY
The Texas A&M Forest Service opened a single engine air tanker base in Abilene to help in the response to a 15,000-acre wildfire in Throckmorton County.
Three small airplanes relocated to the base on Saturday and began supporting fire crews on the ground trying to create fire breaks around the wildfire dubbed Buck Fire that started Thursday, said Stuart Morris, a regional wildland-urban interface coordinator with the Texas A&M Forest Service.
Forest service personal from Fort Stockton, Burkburnett, McGregor, Merkel and San Angelo responded to the wildfire. Several local volunteer fire departments also assisted, including Albany, Haskell, Throckmorton and Woodson, Morris said.
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