Ross Fire is out after burning 90,000 acres. See damage by numbers - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Investigators traced the cause back to human activity, either a vehicle or piece of equipment sparking the blaze near Ross in Palo Pinto County on Aug. 24. From there it spread fast, eventually becoming the second-largest wildfire in North Texas history. The fire tore through ranchland and neighborhoods alike, leaving a scar that stretches across two counties.

The damage numbers are rough. Officials counted 157 structures destroyed and another 140 damaged before the fire finally burned out. Homes, outbuildings and ranch property all took hits over those three weeks. Remarkably, no civilian deaths or serious injuries came out of it.

For folks in Lubbock, wildfires this size hit close to home even when they burn hundreds of miles east. Texas Tech has agriculture and range management ties across the state, and ranching families throughout West Texas watch these fires knowing their own land could be next. Dry conditions and human error keep proving to be a dangerous combination out here.