Fort Worth urges residents to stay home as multi-day winter storm approaches

City of Fort Worth officials and regional partners held a press briefing to warn residents that a winter storm expected between 10 p.m. and midnight Friday could last three to four days and produce sleet, snow, ice and dangerously cold temperatures. Officials urged people to stay home, prepare for outages and check on vulnerable neighbors.

Emergency Management Director Sonny Saxton said the city’s emergency operations center is active and that the storm is being treated as "a public safety event." He advised residents to limit travel to essential trips only once conditions worsen and warned that bridges and elevated roadways will freeze first. "If you can stay home, please stay home and off the roads," Saxton said.

City transportation and public works have pre-treated priority routes with brine and stand ready to deploy up to 30 sanding trucks at a time on 12-hour shifts to keep hospital access…