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Lazy Fire
October  3, 2022 Daily Update

Acres: 1,800
Containment: 80%
Start Date: September 29, 2022

Yesterday crews from Texas A&M Forest Service and several local volunteer fire departments worked together to patrol and extinguish any hot areas along the containment lines. Several hot areas were identified and worked by first cutting any burning wood apart, then soaking the area, and mixing the ash and water together. Mixing the ash and water often makes a cool mud that can be packed onto burning logs to extinguish the burning wood.

Today there is a crew from Texas A&M Forest Service continuing this work, slowly covering the entire fire perimeter. This work does take some time and will go on until there are no identifiable heat near the containment lines. While this work is ongoing other personnel from Texas A&M Forest Service are standing by, prepared for the next call for assistance across the state.

Members of the public can expect to continue seeing plumes rise from the area of the Lazy Fire as hot areas inside the fire burn themselves out. Another common site might be dust devils formed by winds picking up exposed ash and dirt from the burned area and forming a similar looking plumes. If you see something rise from inside the burned area fire departments do not need to be informed, however if you see something rising from a different area outside of the Lazy Fire perimeter please call your local fire department.