A pair of two-day-old North Texas wildfires continued to resist containment Wednesday after destroying 21 homes, officials said.
The Chalk Mountain Fire near Glen Rose, Texas, destroyed 16 homes and damaged five others as it remained on the move Wednesday after scorching almost 10 square miles of mostly short grass, brush and juniper as of midday Wednesday, said Alexandra Schwier, a Texas A&M Forest Service spokeswoman. The fire about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth was 10% contained Wednesday with embers from burning tree crowns flying up to 200 yards .
Temperatures approaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit , combined with a relative humidity near 20% and 10-mph winds gusting to 20 mph , resisted efforts to contain the fiery spread beyond 10% containment, the Forest Service said.
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