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EASTLAND, Texas — Low humidity and gusty winds fueled multiple wildfires Friday in West Texas, burning homes and other structures and prompting evacuations of small communities.

Fire crews in Central Texas struggled Friday to contain massive, windswept wildfires that...

Low humidity and gusty winds are fueling multiple wildfires in Texas, burning homes and other structures and prompting evacuations of hundreds of homes in small communities. Several wildfires merged to form what fire officials call a “complex” that's burning near Eastland, about 120 miles west of Dallas. The fire as of Friday morning had burned about 62.5 square miles. It was only 2% contained. About 475 homes were evacuated in the town of Gorman. A nursing home in Rising Star was evacuated. The Texas A&M Forest Service warned that the “rare, high impact wildfire phenomenon” c...

EASTLAND, Texas — Low humidity and gusty winds fueled multiple wildfires Friday in Texas, burning homes and other structures and prompting evacuations of small communities.

Fire crews in Central Texas struggled Friday to contain massive, windswept wildfires that burned homes, destroyed a church and left a sheriff's deputy dead.