Texas Wild Fires

This current event is on the many high risk wild fires that are ripping through the state of Texas. There are about five different fires that each has covered about three hundred acres. The Texas forest service said that it has responded to one hundred and eighty one different fires that have all together burned over one hundred and eighteen thousand four hundred acres of land. The fires have killed two people and over seven hundred homes since Sunday. The largest fire that is near Austin has spread over thirty thousand acres alone. This Tuesday marks the two hundred and ninety fourth consecutive day of fires in Texas. Over two thousand firefighters are working to stop the spread of the fires all over Texas. More than one thousand homes have been burnt down since fire season began in November. So far in 2011 seven point two million acres of grass, scrub, and forest have been burned in wildfires nationwide. Of those seven point two million acres three point five million of them were in Texas. While most of the damage has been to homes and other structures, a fire near Gladewater, Texas killed a women and her eighteen month old baby when the flames engulfed their house. Firefighters are using all the resources they have, any volunteer firefighters that are able to help are helping. Pray for the families that have to be evacuated due to the fires.