Official: 225 homes destroyed in Texas wildfire

[herding cats]

Source: The Associated Press

FRITCH, Texas — Authorities say 225 homes were destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire in the Texas Panhandle earlier this week, a figure that's more than double initial estimates.

Officials had previously said some 89 homes were leveled by the fire that began Sunday.

Texas A&M Forest Service spokesman Troy Duchneaux (doosh-NOH') says the earlier estimate was based on an aerial survey and that the number rose once firefighters were able to enter the fire area in Fritch beginning Wednesday. He also says 143 outbuildings, such as well houses and sheds, were destroyed.



Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/05/15/5822835/official-225-homes-destroyed-in.html

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That's a lot of structure loss in a town listed in the 2010 census to have only 842 households. More than a quarter of the residents homes were destroyed by this fire.

[CanonRay]

1. Rural homes not inside the town limits, so not in their census data, likely.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Pray harder next time.