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Updated throughout – 4 p.m., Oct. 20
Henderson County Commissioners’ Court extended the current burn ban one week Tuesday morning.
Fire Marshal Shane Renberg told commissioners the county’s current average Keetch-Byram Drought Index score is 732 and the worst area is 781. The KBDI is a measure of moisture in the soil, and a burn ban is recommended when the KBDI score is above 575.
A few people asked me what all the fire trucks this afternoon near Malakoff and Cross Roads were about, so I reached out to Henderson County Fire Marshal Shane Renberg.
Renberg said there was a 25-acre grass fire off State Highway 59 near Cross Roads that took the County Fire Marshal’s Department and fire departments from Trinidad, Caney City, Eustace, Payne Springs, Tool, a department from Anderson County and the Texas Forestry Service to extinguish.
Renberg said the fire is now out except for some minor hot spots.
He said the cause of the fire was a cigarette butt thrown into a ditch.
The 2015 Hope Awards were presented last Friday night at the East Texas Crisis Center Wine and Cheese party. Pictured, from left, are recipient Billy Jack Valentine, State Rep. Dr. Stuart Spitzer, ETCC Outreach Coordinator Carla Gandy, recipient Kalon Rollins and recipient Balde Quintanilla. The Hope Award is the highest honor given by the ETCC and is for those who go above and beyond for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. (Courtesy photo)
Rehab work continues on FM 1615 about seven miles south of SH 19. Also, watch for crews addressing base failures and drainage issues at various locations around the county. Expect lane closures with flaggers directing traffic through the work zones.
SH 31 … Work to place a new overlay on SH 31 (.09 miles west of FM 317 eastward to .34 miles west of FM 773) should be finished in late October. The contractor is currently milling the existing surface for replacement. Expect lane closures for the duration of the project.
TxDOT crews are rehabilitating FM 1615 about seven miles south of SH 19. Expect lane closures. Watch for flaggers in place to direct traffic through the work zone.
Work to place a new overlay on SH 31 (.09 miles west of FM 317 eastward to .34 miles west of FM 773) should be finished in late October. The contractor is currently milling the existing surface for replacement. Expect lane closures for the duration of the project. Continue reading “TxDOT Update – Week of Oct. 12”