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Thursday, 8 September 2011




Wildfires devastate drought-stricken central Texas

Two people have been killed and thousands more left homeless after wildfires swept across Texas

In the main picture Gaye Jaco (front) hugs her stepdaughter Jennifer Leaver after returning to their burned down home on the east side of Lake Bastop outside Bastrop, Texas.

Several large wildfires have been devastating Bastrop County for the last two days.

 

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Firefighting helicopters have tried to fight the fire by dropping water from lakes and ponds and fire retardant on the flames.

Two people have died and 1,000 houses have been lost in the fires.

 

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  • superdog7 (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 8 September 2011 @ 13:00

    wow that sound horrible i wonder how the fire started??!