Forest fire (Representative image)|Cameron Strandberg|CC BY 2.0
A deputy with the Eastland County Sheriff's Officer, Barbara Fenley, 51, died on Thursday while assisting people in evacuating their residents in the affected areas.
The four fires that make up the Eastland Complex fire—the Kidd, Wheat Field, Oak Mott and Walling fires continued to ravage amid dry and windy conditions, and have wiped out 86 homes and burned more than 54,000 acres.
The fire was 30% contained till Saturday.
