High Wind And Drought Fuel Wildfires In West Texas

By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., New York Times
Mon, 04/11/2011 - 9:10am

Firefighters struggled to contain wildfires that started across West Texas over the weekend, destroying dozens of homes and scorching thousands of acres.

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