High Wind Drives Wildfires In Oklahoma, Texas

Thursday, December 1st, 2005 Catastrophe Property

Families across the state returned to homes that were turned into charred remnants after dozens of wildfires, fueled by dry conditions and high winds, raged across the state. About 50,000 acres burned Sunday and Monday, and more than 30 families were displaced statewide because of the wildfires. Hundreds of Oklahomans in at least 14 eastern counties watched in horror as walls of fire 10 stories high skipped across pastures and into neighborhoods, selecting targets with the hit-and-miss unpredictability of tornadoes.

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http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2005-11-28-texas-wildfires_x.htm

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