Two lightning-triggered wildfires that have charred 24,000 acres in drought-stricken West Texas threaten 150 homes and 250 other buildings, officials said Wednesday.
As many as a half-billion trees may have died across Texas from the effects of the 2011 drought, the state's forest service says.
Texas farmers suffering from a drought get a donation of hay from Indiana farmers. KTVT reports.
After an intense fire season, the Texas Forest Service finally has a reprieve from firefighting.
A new wildfire flared up Tuesday afternoon in same Texas county that lost more than 1,500 homes in last month's devastating blazes, authorities said.
More areas of Bastrop County, Texas, were reopened to residents Monday following the devastating wildfire that destroyed more than 1,500 homes.
CNN's Jim Spellman forced to evacuate while reporting on a Texas wildfire once thought to be nearly contained.
A family in Texas says a statue of the Virgin Mary helped save their house from a wildfire. KTRK reports
Authorities expect to allow residents to begin re-entering some of their communities in fire-ravaged Bastrop County, Texas, this week as firefighters made some headway against the blaze at 50% containment.
The wildfire raging near Austin, Texas, has destroyed nearly 1,400 homes and has "potential for growth," a fire official said Thursday.
Volunteers from around central Texas joined together to rescue hundreds of animals from the fires in Bastrop.
Firefighters southeast of Austin, Texas, battled strong winds Monday as they struggled to gain ground against a fast-moving wildfire that has so far scorched some 25,000 acres and destroyed close to 500 homes.
Officials say evacuations are underway in Magnolia, Texas, as a raging wildfire inches closer to a residential area.
CNN's Jim Spellman reports on the worst fire season in years in Texas as multiple fires continue to burn.
A raging wildfire near Austin, Texas, killed two people, officials said Tuesday, as firefighters fought to gain the upper hand against flames, wind and fatigue.
Authorities were working on plans Friday for residents who were forced to flee a wildfire in northern Texas to return home, a day after firefighters made progress battling the blaze that destroyed dozens of homes.
High winds whipped up a spreading wildfire in northern Texas on Wednesday as firefighters battled several blazes across the tinder-dry state.
A fast-moving wildfire in northern Texas has forced evacuations and destroyed 25 homes, fire officials said Tuesday.
A grassfire in bone-dry central Texas was 50% contained early Tuesday after consuming 15 homes, the state forest service said.
What started as a grass fire in tinder-dry Leander, Texas, quickly moved on to consuming homes Monday as air tankers, a helicopter and a task force with bulldozers and trucks moved in to battle a drought-fueled blaze.
A new fire in Texas forced home evacuations and consumed hundreds of acres, while fires in other states in the Southwest and Southeast challenged firefighters' efforts to contain them.
A menacing wildfire prompted the voluntary evacuation Sunday of "a few hundred people" in neighborhoods in Amarillo, Texas, police said.
Hot, dry weather returns to Texas this week, whisking away the limited relief scattered thunderstorms brought to firefighters in parts of the Lone Star state over the weekend.
Temperatures dip as Texas continues to grapple with wildfires. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports.
Texas firefighters Wednesday battled blazes that have scorched more than a million acres and have been burning for more than a week, according to the Texas Forest Service.
Hot temperatures, winds and low humidity help fuel wildfires that are burning in a number of Texas counties.
Sara Rogers-Smith considers herself one of the lucky ones.
Faced with some of driest conditions Texas has seen in nearly a century, firefighters around the state are struggling to fight off what a forest service official on Sunday called the "perfect storm for wildfires."
Crews bolstered by out-of-state help worked in Texas on Monday to contain large wildfires responsible for destroying close to 100 homes and other structures, officials said.
Firefighters are evacuating everyone living south of I-20 in Midland, Texas, as a huge wildfire burns.
Once fearing one of the worst days in the state's history for battling wildfires, Texas firefighters got the upper hand Sunday on several blazes though others remained out of their control.
Strong winds whipped up wildfires across north and west Texas on Saturday, as officials warned that conditions could get even worse.
A fast-moving fire has charred more than 71,786 acres in three Texas counties, and it's expected to grow, the state's forest service said Friday.
Some of the largest wildfires in Texas were almost completely contained, but weather conditions posed risks for fires to spread, the Texas Forest Service said Wednesday.
Firefighters in Texas contained four wildfires and continued to fight 17 others as weather conditions Tuesday heightened the risk of the fires spreading, a forest official said.
Texas firefighters were making significant progress Tuesday against wildfires that have consumed at least 78 homes and, at their peak, were burning the length of a football field every minute.
Residents in Lubbock, Texas, say devastating fires moved too quickly to stop. KCBD reports.
Firefighters in Texas worked Monday to contain fast-moving wildfires that had destroyed at least 60 homes, burned more than 130,000 acres, and caused an accident that killed a 5-year-old child, state forestry officials said.
Relief could be coming in the form of rain to stop raging wildfires in Oklahoma that have destroyed nearly 200 structures over a two-day span.
Numerous wildfires were roaring Thursday through parts of Oklahoma and Texas, engulfing one town and searing neighborhoods in others, including one in Oklahoma City. Hurricane-force winds continued to kick the flames even higher.
Texas firefighters expect to work into next week to put out a 1,200-acre wildfire that has destroyed more than two dozen homes and threatens more, the Texas Forest Service said Tuesday.
Texas brush fire
updated: Tue Mar 03 2009 14:22:00
An estimated 650-acre forest fire continues to blaze through Texas on Saturday.
A fallen power line ignited a 1,200-acre wildfire that officials in central Texas were fighting Monday, the Texas Forest Service said.
Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.
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