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Crabapple Fire - TXTXS

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Unit Information

Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 
Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 

Incident Contacts

  • Kiley Moran
    Email:
    kiley.moran@tfs.tamu.edu
    Phone:
    254-457-8075
  • Information Officer
    Email:
    information@tfs.tamu.edu
    Phone:
    979-255-0591

Photographs Gallery

Crabapple Fire - March 15
A wire fence pasture is in the front of the photo, and in the middle, a black barn. Smoke is rising up behind the barn area and it is a very smokey sky above the barn.
A wire fence pasture is in the front of the photo, and in the middle, a black barn. Smoke is rising up behind the barn area and it is a very smokey sky above the barn.
Crabapple Fire - March 15

Smoke from the Crabapple Fire - March 15

Crabapple Fire - March 16
A highway is along the bottom of the photo, a red fire engine is driving on the other side of a wire fence. Dust blows in the wake of the engine and there are a line of trees behind the engine.
A highway is along the bottom of the photo, a red fire engine is driving on the other side of a wire fence. Dust blows in the wake of the engine and there are a line of trees behind the engine.
Crabapple Fire - March 16

An engine working on the Crabapple Fire patrols for heat within the fire perimeter. 

Crabapple Fire - March 15
The whole photo is blue sky. In the middle is one black helicopter and it has beneath it, a full orange bucket of water that will be used in firefighting operations.
The whole photo is blue sky. In the middle is one black helicopter and it has beneath it, a full orange bucket of water that will be used in firefighting operations.
Crabapple Fire - March 15

Water mist streams out of a full bucket of water being used for firefighting operations. 

Crabapple Fire - March 16 - Large Airtanker
A clear blue sky with a red and white large airtanker in the middle. The tanker was flying near the fire area.
A clear blue sky with a red and white large airtanker in the middle. The tanker was flying near the fire area.
Crabapple Fire - March 16 - Large Airtanker

A large air tanker that was used for retardant drops on the fire, March 16, 2025. 

Crabapple Fire - March 15
Orange flaming fire is behind a wire fence pasture. Green grass and junipers are in front of the photograph, and blackened ground is on the other side of the flames.
Orange flaming fire is behind a wire fence pasture. Green grass and junipers are in front of the photograph, and blackened ground is on the other side of the flames.
Crabapple Fire - March 15

Fire burns within a pasture on the Crabapple Fire.

Crabapple Fire - March 16
This is the heel of the fire. Sparse grass vegetation is along the bottom of the photo, with a white area of ash in the middle of the photo. To the sides and beyond the white are blackened areas of burned vegetation.
This is the heel of the fire. Sparse grass vegetation is along the bottom of the photo, with a white area of ash in the middle of the photo. To the sides and beyond the white are blackened areas of burned vegetation.
Crabapple Fire - March 16

The heel of the Crabapple Fire.

Crabapple Fire - March 15
A white truck is seen in the middle of the photograph driving down a road where the fire has blackened vegetation on both sides of the road.
A white truck is seen in the middle of the photograph driving down a road where the fire has blackened vegetation on both sides of the road.
Crabapple Fire - March 15

A truck patrols the area where the Crabapple Fire has burned.

Crabapple Fire - March 16 - Tree
A blackened tree is split in half, with half of the tree falling to the right and the other to the left.
A blackened tree is split in half, with half of the tree falling to the right and the other to the left.
Crabapple Fire - March 16 - Tree

A tree split apart on the Crabapple Fire, March 16. 

Crabapple Fire - March 15
A clear blue sky is in the background, and juniper rich vegetation is on the bottom of the photograph. In the middle, a black helicopter carries an orange bucket of water to assist in firefighting operations.
A clear blue sky is in the background, and juniper rich vegetation is on the bottom of the photograph. In the middle, a black helicopter carries an orange bucket of water to assist in firefighting operations.
Crabapple Fire - March 15

A helcopter carries a full bucket of water to assist in firefighting operations.

Crabapple Fire - March 16
A gravel road is along the left edge of the photo. Most of the photo is of a hilly landscape of small trees and shrubs, the middle of which is charred black. A dozer transport is parted along the road.
A gravel road is along the left edge of the photo. Most of the photo is of a hilly landscape of small trees and shrubs, the middle of which is charred black. A dozer transport is parted along the road.
Crabapple Fire - March 16

A transport has been unloaded, the dozer was working on containment line on the heel of the Crabapple Fire.  

Crabapple Fire - March 15 - Smoldering Stump
A blackened tree stump smolders in the middle of blackened vegetation.
A blackened tree stump smolders in the middle of blackened vegetation.
Crabapple Fire - March 15 - Smoldering Stump

A stump smolders in the Crabapple Fire aftermath.

Crabapple Fire - March 16
Another view of helicopter with a line beneath it and a bucket of water is flying over a blackened landscape.
Another view of helicopter with a line beneath it and a bucket of water is flying over a blackened landscape.
Crabapple Fire - March 16

Helicopter operations on the Crabapple Fire.

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