Started: 4 days ago, 7:40 a.m. Feb. 12

Initial location: Brown County, Tex.

Fire type: Prescribed, Type 5

Fire name: Brown 1269

A new prescribed burn, named Brown 1269, was initiated 7:40 a.m. Feb. 12 in in Brown County, Texas.

Since it was initiated four days ago, the prescribed fire has burned 1,350 acres of federal land managed by the U.S. Department of Defence.

Prescribed fire (prescribed burn) is a wildfire prevention method that involves burning an area of land in a controlled manner to minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center