Texas Panhandle Recovering A Year After Wildfire

Bit by bit, new residences and mobile homes have sprung up around Lake Meredith a year after a massive wind-whipped wildfire destroyed 225 homes and dozens of smaller buildings around the lake.
The Amarillo Globe-News reports that but here and there, bare concrete slabs, blackened trees and an occasional For Sale sign serve as grim reminders of the Mother’s Day blaze that changed some lives forever.
Cody Benge, public utilities director for the nearby city of Fritch, said some fire victims have moved into town, but many others are planting seeds of renewal amid the ashes.