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Texas Wildfires Burn Nearly 150,000 Acres Across State
TERRY WALLACE
Associated Press
DALLAS — Out-of-control wildfires in Texas have scorched nearly 400 square miles and destroyed dozens of homes as hot, windy conditions fuel the blazes.
(AP Photo/Billy Marginot)
(AP Photo/Billy Marginot)
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One fast-moving wildfire in West Texas had spread to more than 60,000 acres Sunday in Jeff Davis County and destroyed about 40 homes in Fort Davis before it raged north and east.
Texas Forest Service spokesman Alan Craft says another West Texas fire burned 16,000 acres in Midland County and destroyed about 34 homes.
Crafty says a 71,000-acre fire in Northern Texas hadn't destroyed any homes because it was in a rural area of rolling plains.
Craft says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to respond to some of the state's massive fires. Texas is also getting help from firefighters from two dozen other states
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Associated Press
DALLAS — Out-of-control wildfires in Texas have scorched nearly 400 square miles and destroyed dozens of homes as hot, windy conditions fuel the blazes.
(AP Photo/Billy Marginot)
(AP Photo/Billy Marginot)
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One fast-moving wildfire in West Texas had spread to more than 60,000 acres Sunday in Jeff Davis County and destroyed about 40 homes in Fort Davis before it raged north and east.
Texas Forest Service spokesman Alan Craft says another West Texas fire burned 16,000 acres in Midland County and destroyed about 34 homes.
Crafty says a 71,000-acre fire in Northern Texas hadn't destroyed any homes because it was in a rural area of rolling plains.
Craft says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to respond to some of the state's massive fires. Texas is also getting help from firefighters from two dozen other states
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by Oldman on
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At one point last week, 5 of the 7 heavy air tankers available in the US were on the Swenson fire in North Texas.
Over the weekend, the air attack was grounded due to winds of 45 - 60 mph. There are over a dozen large (>1000 acres)active in the state.
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Permalink Reply by Bob Callahan on
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Things are quite nasty over there right now.
We are also experienceing drought conditions here in northwest LA. In fact, this is our second straight year of drought conditions. last year we had over double our average number of fires and had a 400% increase over normal in fires over 10 acres.
While we do not have the extremly flat open grasslands of west Texas, our terrain is lightly more hilly and primarily pine forest.
We have also had far more fires so far this year than in a typical late winter/spring season, and according to NOAA, the drought conditions are expected not to ease, so we are expecting another very busy spring and summer fire season.
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