Firefighter dies while battling Texas wildfire
EASTLAND, TX
The mayor of Eastland says 51-year-old Gregory M. Simmons died
Friday afternoon. Details haven't been released. The town is about
130 miles west of Dallas.
Wildfires sweeping across 20,000 acres in the area have
destroyed at least 30 homes, forced hundreds of evacuations and
closed a state park.
Eastland Mayor Mark Pipkin says Simmons had been a member of the
Eastland Fire Department for 11 years and was with another fire
department for a decade before that.
