Officials traced the Pauline Road wildfire, a more-than-2,000 acre blaze that broke out Wednesday evening in Sam Houston National Forest, to a controlled burn conducted on a nearby property. Josh Mizrany,

Firefighters and emergency management crews were working Wednesday to contain and extinguish a wildfire in San Jacinto County that prompted dozens

Prescribed burns are regularly conducted by fire specialists in Texas forests in an effort to clear ground-level foliage and maintain healthy landscapes. The burns are a cost-effective way to reduce fuel loading in the event of a large-scale wildfire.