Texas wildfire: rising temperatures, winds and dry air hamper firefighting

Personnel battle to keep largest wildfire in state history from turning more of the Panhandle into a parched wasteland Firefighters in Texas faced rising temperatures, whipped-up winds and dry air Saturday in their battle to keep the largest wildfire in state history from turning more of the Panhandle into a parched wasteland. Firefighters were focused on containing the fire along its northern and eastern perimeters, where aggressive gusts from the south-west threatened to spread the flames and ...