Tuesday
Mar012011
Wildfires Burn in Texas
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 10:04AM
So far,about 120,000 acres have burned in West Texas as the wind eased and crews brought all of the fires under control.
The Texas Forest Service responded to fires that blackened about 120,000 acres, but the number could go higher when volunteers file their reports on other blazes they fought.
There have been no fatalities, said Lewis Kearney, a spokesman for the forest service's Texas State Lone Star Incident Management Team. However, the high winds made it difficult for firefighters to use aircraft to contain the blazes.
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