Sunday afternoon a fire broke out in Texas that took a whole lot of work to stop. The fire was believed to have been started by high winds that knocked down power lines. Interstate 20 was closed for hours as firefighters attempted to clean up the mess.More than 120,000 acres have been burned in 15 Texas counties and 60 homes have been destroyed. A five-year old child was also killed in midst of the fire. No more injuries have been reported, but many families are left without a home. Strong winds made it difficult for firefighters to control the fire, but now that winds have calmed down it may help firefighters. A fire weather watch is still in effect.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/28/texas.wildfires/index.html?hpt=T2
Stories like this truly break my heart and my prayers go out to the families that are struggling. When fires blaze on like this, it's devastating to not only the habitat, but to the people affected as well. Hopefully people will make efforts to collect donations or help those in need. I sincerely wish those Texas counties the best and hope they get the help they need.
Stories like this are so heartbreaking. I can't stand to hear about small children losing their lives for any reason. It's really awful that this happened.
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