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Details: The Mesquite Heat wildfire south of Abilene has burned almost 10,000 acres and is 25% contained as of Friday morning.

The Texas Wildfire Incident Response System map lists 10 active wildfires as of Friday morning. 

Firefighters are facing two more days of intense heat and difficult conditions fighting wildfires in West Texas. A cold front should move into the area by Sunday with the potential for beneficial rainfall.

Several large wildfires burning in Texas continue to rapidly grow and spread, prompting one county to declare a disaster and evacuate residents being threatened by the flames.

Texas A&M Forest Service updates wildfire containment efforts in West Texas Wednesday.

Castle Creek Road outside of Aspen has reopened after it closed due to a wildfire. The fire was “contained but not controlled” as of about 4:15 p.m. Sunday, according to Jake Andersen, the deputy chief of operations for Aspen Fire Department.

A few years ago, the Snowmass-Wildcat Fire Protection District and the Basalt and Rural Fire Protection District joined up to form the Roaring Fork Fire Rescue Authority, which shares resources between districts and has a board comprised of members from both districts. Now, the Snowmass-Wildcat Fire Protection District board faces its first contested election in 16 years.

A massive house fire consumed a family's home in Utah County on Thursday.

Flames tower above the trees in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado. The third most destructive fires in state history, it burned nearly 350 homes (Airman Magazine, Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0)

A woman was rescued from a house fire in American Fork Friday after she was found asleep inside.