Editing Eastland County, Texas (section)

==Eastland Complex fires of 2022==
{{Infobox wildfire
| title       = Eastland Complex fires of 2022
| image       =
| caption     =
| date       = March 17, 2022
| location    = [[Central Texas]]
| cost        = Unknown
| references  =
| total_fires = 382
| total_area  = {{convert|54,463|acres|ha|abbr=on}}
| buildings   = 50
| fatalities  = 1
| injuries    = 1
}}

On March 17, 2022, a fire complex formed approximately {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Romney, Texas|Romney]].<ref>{{cite news | first1 = Laura | last1 = Gutschke | first2 = Brian | last2 = Bethel|title=Area wildfires: Buildings in Ranger catch fire; Eastland, Coleman counties hit hard too | date = March 18, 2022 | orig-date = March 17, 2022 | url = https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/2022/03/17/ranger-buildings-catch-fire-13-000-acres-burned-eastland-county/7084966001/ | work = [[Abilene Reporter-News]]  | access-date =  March 19, 2022 | url-access = limited | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220318013605/https://eu.reporternews.com/story/news/2022/03/17/ranger-buildings-catch-fire-13-000-acres-burned-eastland-county/7084966001/ | archive-date = March 18, 2022 | url-status = live | oclc = 6791837 | df = dmy-all}}</ref>
It was claimed to have been started by drought condition and is now 60% contained. The biggest fire so far is the Kidd fire, burning about 42,333 acres.<ref>{{cite news | first1 = Amir Vera | last1 = Joe Sutton | date = March 21, 2022 | orig-date = March 21, 2022 | title =178 Texas fires have torched more than 108,000 acres in the past week. But one major fire is now under control | url = https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/us/texas-wildfires-monday/index.html | access-date = March 22, 2022 | oclc = 6791837 | df = dmy-all}}</ref>

Smoke from the fires reached as far as Houston.<ref>{{cite news | first1 = Diane | last1 =  Pantaleo | date = March 19, 2022 | orig-date = March 18, 2022 | title = What we know about the Eastland Complex fires | url = https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/2022/03/18/central-texas-fire-eastland-county-complex-what-we-know/7088891001/20 | work = [[Abilene Reporter-News]] | url-access = limited | url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220320020755/https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/2022/03/18/central-texas-fire-eastland-county-complex-what-we-know/7088891001/  | access-date = March 19, 2022 | archive-date = March 20, 2022 | oclc = 6791837 | df = dmy-all}}</ref>