CORYELL COUNTY, Texas —
Friday, April 1
6:10p p.m. -- The Flat, Texas fire is currently 95% contained on the post, the fire has burned 33,175 acres so far, according to Fort Hood officials. Aircrews have done more than 257 airdrops with some hotspots remaining in the area, according to officials.
Wednesday, March 30
4:10 p.m. -- Fort Hood officials say in a news release that the Crittenberg Complex Fire is over 80% contained.
On post, the fire is 80% contained and off post in Flat, Texas, 95%, the news release said. The fire didn't burn any additional acres.
Fort Hood say responding authorities made more than 206 air drops and that rain overnight helped with .4 inches. This morning, they observed that hot spots remain and firefighters are "attack[ing]" them when they find them, per the news release.
East and West Range Roads remain closed with only military and emergency services vehicles allowed access.
2:55 p.m. -- Killeen Fire Chief Jim Kubinski said Killeen firefighters have been helping put out the fire in 12-hour shifts per day.
Kubinski reassures Killeen residents that fire teams are ready for situations in the city if they arise, and also said the citizens of Killeen are currently not in danger from the wildfire situation.
Noon -- The Texas Forestry Service says the Crittenberg Complex Fire is being held at 33,175 acres. The public fire is 95% contained and the fire on Fort Hood is 80% contained, per Coryell Emergency Management.
Per Coryell Emergency Management on Facebook, the winds are drying out the grass in the area, creating a grass/wildfire danger with drought conditions.
11:30 a.m. -- More photographs from Tuesday's scene taken by the Gatesville Police Department.
11:16 a.m. -- Moffat Department posts a user submitted video via Facebook showing Texas A&M Forestry Service assisting in air efforts Tuesday.
The post read: "We are still working on getting photos gathered and organized from our two large grass fires from this last weekend, but wanted to share this awesome video taken by local resident, Mark Pohl.
While sitting on his back patio, Mark was able to capture this Texas A&M Forestry Service helicopter doing a water resupply. This was in support of the Kuykendall Mountain Road Fire."
Tuesday, March 29
5 p.m. -- Fort Hood officials say the Crittenberg Complex Fire is being held to its current 33,175 acres burned. They said on post, the fire is 55% contained and off post, it is 50% contained.
Before noon -- West Volunteer Fire Department is calling on the public's help as they take donations for supplies for firefighters battling wildfires in Central Texas.
"...the community is asked to help fill the department trailer with Gatorade or bottled water. The trailer will be taken to the Killeen area to support firefighters with these needed supplies," the West VFD Facebook page stated.
Firefighters from Killeen, Bell and Coryell and other parts of Texas have gone to help fight and evacuate those caught in the wildfire season.
Click the related link below to learn how you can help out these firefighters.
Monday, March 28
9:46 p.m. -- Texas A&M renames "Crittenburg Complex Fire" to "Crittenberg Complex Fire."
*Editor's note: This article refers to the fire with the correct spelling throughout as given by the forest service.
8:35 p.m. -- Fort Hood officials say the fire is being held at its current 33,175 acres burned. It said on post, the fire was 55% contained and 50% contained off post in Flat, Texas.
East and West Range Roads remained closed to the public.
1:30 p.m. -- Fort Hood officials held a news conference with Texas A&M and the Fort Hood Directorate of Emergency Services.
They said the Crittenberg Complex Fire started last week with a series of small fires on the southside of the installation in the training area.
"We are not 100 percent certain yet, but all indicators point to small arms fire and some motors may have caused the fires here on the installation. This was not caused by a controlled or prescribed burn," according to Fort Hood Cornel Chad Foster.
Due to a rise in temperatures and the direction of the wind, the fires picked up and dispersed throughout the installation, according to officials.
Re-watch the news conference below:
11:03 a.m. -- Texas A&M Forest Service tweets that the Crittenberg Complex Fire burned over 33,000 acres with 0% containment.
Sunday, March 27
9 p.m. -- Flat, Texas residents were told they could return to their homes, per Texas A&M Forest Service.
8:24 p.m. -- Fort Hood released an update saying federal, state and local agencies are joining the fight to help contain the Fort Hood range fires.
Firefighting capabilities include water airdrops by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service aircraft along with military and Texas A&M Forest Service bull dozers and personnel conducting offensive and defensive operations to suppress and contain the fires.
6:42 p.m. -- Texas A&M names the fire as "Crittenburg Complex Fire" (later to update as "Crittenberg Complex Fire" on Monday) and says it consists of three wildfires that burned together.
4 p.m. -- Texas A&M Forest Service tweeted that it was called to help assist in putting out the Crittenberg Complex Fire in Coryell County. It said at the time, 10,000 acres were burned and it was 0% contained.
Afternoon -- Flat, Texas residents were asked to evacuate their homes as a precaution due to Fort Hood's efforts to contain range fires.
At that point, the fire burned more than 19,500 acres and had 5% containment.
Saturday, March 26
No updates.
Friday, March 25
Fort Hood officials announced road closures on South Range Road to 53rd Street to Murphy Road because of heavy smoke.
In a news release, officials said the smoke was caused by fires burning on small-arm ranges in the southern training areas.