AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Wildfires in the Texas Panhandle have prompted evacuations of some residents as at least 150 homes are being threatened.
The Texas A&M Forest Service says one fire in Potter County near Amarillo has grown to 25,000 acres but its forward progression has been stopped and the blaze is 50 percent contained. About 150 homes are threatened by this blaze.
A second wildfire, about 40,000 acres in size, is located in Ochiltree and Lipscomb Counties in the Texas Panhandle, and is five percent contained.
The forest service says evacuations had been ordered in Higgins, with a population of around 400, but the fire had passed the city and no homes were reported lost.
Gov. Greg Abbott says his office has deployed state resources to assist local first responders.
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