East Texas Wildfire Losses
Posted/updated on: September 23, 2011 at 2:28 am
EAST TEXAS – Over the past ten months, wildfires in East Texas have taken quite a toll. The Texas Forest Service has reported over 2,000 wildfires scorched over 200,000 acres. The dollar value of the timber that was lost has reached $97 million. The volume of timber lost in the East Texas fires would have produced $1.6 billion worth of products like homes, furniture and paper. The Texas Forest Service says the ultimate loss to the East Texas economy is $3.4 billion.
