North Art Complex 2024

Final Update, 6:00 PM, 8/25/24: The North Ark Complex reached 100% containment today and was returned to local officials. Crews completed patrol and mop up this afternoon.

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The North Art Complex started on August 22, 2024 approximately 7 miles east of Mason, Texas and 1 mile north of Art, Texas. Local fire departments initially responded to this fire and requested assistance from Texas A&M Forest Service to provide additional resources on August 22, 2024.

Texas A&M Forest Service is working in unified command with Mason County officials to suppress the North Art Complex. 

Crews responded with heavy equipment to construct containment lines, areas cleared of any kind of combustible materials, around the perimeter of the fire, stopping further spread. Engines worked along these lines, putting out any active flames and identifying any heat to ensure that fire can not cross back over the containment lines. Aviation resources assisted on the first and second days of the first to extinguish hot areas of the fire and monitor fire spread.