City of Carbon

AG Paxton Visits City of Carbon Amid One of the Largest Wildfires in Texas History

Attorney General Ken Paxton

Attorney General Ken Paxton met with Fire Chief Jody Forbus of Carbon, Texas to tour the area ravaged by the blaze and address one of the largest wildfires in our state’s history. At a Friday press conference General Paxton offered his support to the affected communities and discussed strategies to help rebuild the after this devastating event. The area is about 120 miles west of Dallas and resulted in massive destruction to both residential and commercial property when winds and low visibility only worsened conditions of the fire that began late last week. Governor Abbott has declared a state of disaster for 11 counties after four fires burned over 54,000 acres and  destroyed 86 homes — most of the town of […]