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The Southern Area Gold Type 2 Incident Management Team has arrived in Texas and will assume command of the Mesquite Heat Fire. An incident management team is mobilized during complex emergency incidents to provide a command and control infrastructure to manage that incident.
Updates on the Mesquite Heat Fire south of Abilene that started near View and threatens Buffalo Gap.
Details: The Mesquite Heat wildfire south of Abilene has burned almost 10,000 acres and is 25% contained as of Friday morning.
Several local and regional entities are mobilizing to assist with the immediate and long-term needs of evacuees and victims of the Mesquite Heat Fire.
Firefighters are facing two more days of intense heat and difficult conditions fighting wildfires in West Texas. A cold front should move into the area by Sunday with the potential for beneficial rainfall.