Posted AT 12:18 PM EDT on 28/12/05
Wildfires sweep southern states
Cross Plains — Firefighters searched for missing people and hoped for cooler, calmer weather Wednesday after deadly wildfires raced across thousands of acres of grassland dried out by Texas' worst drought in decades and destroyed dozens of homes.
The wind-driven fires were blamed for four deaths, the Texas Division of Emergency Management said Wednesday.
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