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The 2011 Texas wildfires were a series of destructive wildfires in Texas that occurred in the 2011 fire season. During 2011 in Texas, around 31,453 fires had burned 4,000,000 acres or 16,190 square kilometres [ 3 ] (about double the previous record), 2,947 homes [ 3 ] (1,939 of which were destroyed over the Labor Day weekend), and over 2,700 ...
The Bastrop County Complex fire was a conflagration that engulfed parts of Bastrop County, Texas, in September and October 2011.The wildfire was the costliest and most destructive wildfire in Texas history and among the costliest in U.S. history, destroying 1,696 structures and causing an estimated $350 million in insured property damage.
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Fire broke out Friday morning at a state prison in Texas, forcing more than 650 inmates to evacuate but injuring no one, an official said. The fire, the cause of which isn't yet known, appeared to ...
Historic wildfires have decimated well over a million acres of land in the Texas panhandle. Here are some of the most compelling images.
A preliminary assessment shows the deadly Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas has destroyed as many as 500 structures since it ignited on Feb. 26, and a woman who lost her home is suing a Panhandle ...
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice bought the land and buildings. The facility reopened as a women's prison. [6] The then named Mountain View Unit opened in July 1975. [7] In 2024, the prison was renamed the Patrick O'Daniel Unit following a unanimous vote from the Texas Board of Criminal Justice the previous December. [8]
February 14 – Comayagua prison fire. A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, killed over 361 inmates. [85] February 19 – A massive fire swept through a market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, destroying between 500 and 1800 stalls, injured 11. [86] June 26 – A fire in a market in Moscow, Russia, killed 17 migrant workers. [87]