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Fast-moving Palo Pinto County grass fire grows to 50,000 acres; U.S. 180 shut down

Fast-moving Palo Pinto County grass fire grows to 50,000 acres; U.S. 180 shut down
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A wildfire that began burning in Palo Pinto County on Monday afternoon is estimated to have burned more than 50,000 acres and is spreading west into Jack County on Tuesday. Danny Watkins, fire chief of Palo Pinto County ESD1, said at about 5 p.m. Monday that they were first notified of the fire alon

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