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AUSTIN, TX - SEPTEMBER 6: Aerial view of burned area around Bastrop. TX Tuesday September 6, 2011. Several large wildfires have devastated Bastrop County since Sunday. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)

Fire Report Says Homes Need Bigger Buffer

Texas Forest Service officials say last year’s devastating Bastrop County wildfire has shown that the vegetation-free area around a home should extend beyond the long-accepted recommendation of 30 feet.

2012/07/26

A wildfire burns dry grass. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Evacuation Order Lifted For West Texas Wildfire

An evacuation order for a rustic residential development threatened by a West Texas wildfire has been lifted after firefighters were able to ring the fire with a containment line.

2012/05/04

Emergency crews fight wildfire flames. (credit: Donald Miralle/Getty Images)

Texas Wildfire Near Homes, But Not Advancing

An official said that a wildfire threatening a rugged West Texas resort has not crossed the lines built to stop it, and firefighters are making progress.

2012/05/03

Emergency crews drop fire retardent slurry while battling a running wildfire that is threatning homes on April 19, 2011 in Strawn, Texas. (credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Wildfire Threatens Remote West Texas Resort

Specialists have been summoned to reinforce the fire line guarding a remote West Texas resort development from an approaching wildfire.

2012/05/02

A bull tries to escape a running wildfire on April 19, 2011 in Graford, Texas. (credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

West Texas Crews Battle Season’s First Wildfire

Firefighting crews continue to battle the first major Texas wildfire of the season which is threatening a rustic development in West Texas.

2012/05/01

A man watches as smoke from a wildfire rises into the sky. (credit: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Texas Forest Service Announces Wildfire App

Texans will be armed with a new Internet tool this wildfire season that will help spot their wildfire risk and how to respond to it.

2012/04/27

Emergency crews battle a running wildfire that is threatning a home on April 19, 2011 in Strawn, Texas. (credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Feds Say Prepare For Another Busy Fire Season

The chief of the U.S. Forest Service says he expects this year’s fire season to be as active as last year, when historic fires charred hundreds of square miles in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and elsewhere.

2012/04/26

Wildfires In Spotlight As State Responders Meet

Governor Rick Perry is welcoming the first statewide gathering of emergency responders since drought and wildfires caused damage across Texas.

2012/04/02

Texas Firefighter Charged With Setting Wildfire

A volunteer firefighter in Texas has been charged with setting a wildfire last year. Taylor Dupree Partain was charged in connection with a May wildfire.

2012/03/30