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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Thousands Evacuated As Wildfire Destroys More Than 1,000 Homes In Texas

More than 1,000 homes have burned in at least 57 wildfires across rain-starved Texas, most of them in one devastating blaze close to Austin that's still raging out of control, officials said Tuesday.


The Texas Forest Service said nearly 600 of the torched homes were in Bastrop County, some 25 miles from Austin. The agency said that blaze was still uncontained Tuesday. Fanned in part by howling winds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, the blaze rapidly grew Tuesday to at least 30,000 acres.


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2 comments:

lmclain said...

"Exchanging gunfire"? I love it. Bet THAT thug punk will think twice before rolling up on unassuming people looking to steal what he won't work for....Lucky to be alive??? HA! LUCKY he was packing!... I highly recommend it.

Anonymous said...

maybe all of Texas will catch fire