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Wildfires rip through Texas destroying hundreds of homes

Out-of-control wildfires ripped through Texas on Monday, destroying 300 homes near Austin as they burned unchecked, officials said.

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Winds challenge crews battling AZ, NM wildfires (AP)

Houses saved from back burns from the Monument fire are seen Saturday, June 18, 2011 in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The fire continues to threaten Sierra Vista but firefighters got a handle on its most worrisome flare-up in Miller Canyon. The human-caused fire, which started Sunday, is now at more than 19,000 acres. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – Authorities ordered more evacuations Sunday as crews battling a pair of wildfires in Arizona and on the New Mexico border faced extremely high winds that drove flames across containment lines and toward populated areas.


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Winds to challenge crews battling AZ, NM wildfires (AP)

A sky crane CH-44 drops water cooling off the edge of the track fire northeast of Raton, N.M., Friday, June 17, 2011.  Along the New Mexico-Colorado border, the winds Thursday pushed one fire toward breaks that had been carved into the rugged landscape by bulldozers. Crews had anticipated the fire's movement and were prepared to hold the line with help from helicopters and air tankers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP – Extremely high winds are expected to challenge firefighters trying to protect homes threatened by a pair of fires in southern and eastern Arizona on Sunday.


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Some evacuees in AZ, NM return home from wildfires (AP)

A sky crane CH-44 drops water cooling off the edge of the track fire northeast of Raton, N.M., Friday, June 17, 2011.  Along the New Mexico-Colorado border, the winds Thursday pushed one fire toward breaks that had been carved into the rugged landscape by bulldozers. Crews had anticipated the fire's movement and were prepared to hold the line with help from helicopters and air tankers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP – Some residents evacuated because of wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico were allowed to return to their homes Saturday as firefighters battled strong winds and hot weather to try to keep more houses, dry forests and stretches of high desert from being consumed by the flames.


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Wildfires destroy 12 homes in Texas Panhandle (AP)

AP – Two wildfires have destroyed at least 12 homes on the outskirts of the Texas Panhandle city of Amarillo.

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Winds-stoked wildfires threaten Texas communities (AP)

A Travis Co. Star Flight helicopter drops water on a wildfire that destroyed homes in southwest Austin, Texas on Sunday, April 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP – Strong winds and tinder-dry conditions presented more challenges Sunday for firefighters battling a spate of wildfires threatening communities across Texas, including a blaze in Austin that destroyed several homes and prompted an aerial water attack in the capital city.


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Governor views damage from Texas wildfires (AP)

In this April 9, 2011, photo a volunteer firefighter sprays a fire which began outside Marfa, Texas, and was carried by winds to nearby Fort Davis.  The fire danger remains high in West Texas where firefighters are battling a blaze that's destroyed dozens of homes in two communities, and crews are trying to contain fires elsewhere in the state. (AP Photo/bigbendnow.com, Alberto Tomas Halpern)AP – Gov. Rick Perry took to the air Tuesday to survey some of the ravaged counties of West Texas devastated by wildfires that have blackened tens of thousands of acres, destroyed dozens of homes and left one firefighter critically injured.


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