Large wildfire burns 50 acres in Linden
On Friday, July 29 the State of Texas State Operations Center (SOC) received an initial report of the Cass 4439 Fire in Cass County in the Linden area. According to their preliminary report, the fire had burned 40 acres and at that point had not been contained. The fire was located west of County Road (CR) 1896 and north of Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 125 S (32° 58.0429’ N I 94° 16.4522’ W). Later the fire was contained, with a final report from the State of Texas State Operations Center. The fire threatened 20 homes and was just minutes away from completely jumping highway 125 and threatening L-K High School according to Cass County Emergency Services District #4 fireman Keith Duncan.