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March 18,2022, 11.37 AM
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Hundreds of people were forced to flee from raging wildfires in Texas on
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humidity and gusty winds fueled the blazes; officials said:
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Several wildfires merged to form what fire officials call
complex" that was burning
near Eastland, about 120 miles west of Dallas_
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As of Friday morning; the fires had burned about 62.5 square miles_
according to the
Texas AgM Forest Service
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'Strong winds and critically dry grasses contributed to extreme fire behavior and rapid
rates of spread across the landscape. Fire crews continued to focus on life safety and
structure protection as well as constructing containment lines where possible,
the
Forest Service said in a 5.15 a.m. update_
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About 18,000 people live in Eastland County; where the large fire was burning. About
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475 homes were evacuated in the town of Gorman; but officials don't yet know how
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many structures may have burned, said Matthew Ford, spokesman for the Texas AeM
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