Red flag warnings are issued by the National Weather Service when conditions are ripe for fires. In southeast Texas, weather service officials predicted wind gusts of 25 miles per hour (40 kilometers per hour), combined with humidity as low as 18%. That combination will continue to dry out vegetation.

Logan County emergency officials ordered evacuations Wednesday due to a dangerous wildfire east and southeast of Guthrie. Those orders have since been lifted.

Evacuations have been ordered in Reynolds County due to multiple fires reported in the area. Advertisement. About Our Ads; Advertisement

Firefighters and emergency management crews were working Wednesday to contain and extinguish a wildfire in San Jacinto County that prompted dozens

The Pauline Road Wildfire, which broke out Wednesday evening in Sam Houston National Forest and quickly grew to more than 2,000 acres overnight in San Jacinto and Montgomery counties, prompted evacuation orders from area officials.