Wednesday afternoon just after 1 p.m. fire crews began working to put out a grass fire in Wise County.
The Wise County Office of Emergency Management posted a map to its Facebook page of the evacuation area which includes Runaway Bay residents near the Hyde Cemetery grass fire by CR 3701 and Valley Ridge Dr.
Runaway Bay police began evacuations a little before 3 p.m. on Port O Call Drive as the fire is moving northeast.
""Look like somebody was burning some trash," Jim Henslee who lives close to the fire described. "Gray smoke. Then the smoke got a little bit darker."
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Henslee and his wife weren't taking any chances. They decided to evacuate.
"We're just picking up some clothes for the night or two and going to her brother's house or mine," Henslee said.
According to county officials, at about 5 p.m., 15 structures are threatened by the fire, but no damages have been reported. No information was immediately available on what caused the fire, he added.
The Texas A&M Forest Service is also responding to the fire at the request of the county. It's called the #BoonesCreekFire and estimated it's at 80 acres and 30 percent contained.
Crews have been battling the fire from the ground and air.
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"Put out any active fire that they can find and we now have dozers engaged working to build containment lines around the outside of this fire," Texas A&M Forest Service public information officer Adam Turner said.
