Separately, some affected
Texas residents are eligible for other federal
help, including low-interest loans and assistance to ranchers and farmers who lost livestock in the fires.
Texas Forest Service spokeswoman April Saginor told us that from Sept. 1 through May 15, local fire departments and the state spent about $97.5 million on wildfires. Of that, the state has pitched in $90.8 million, and expects to be reimbursed about $23 million from the 27 approved federal grants to date.