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Too Close to HomeA wildfire encroaches on a home in Strawn, Texas (see map), west of Fort Worth, on Tuesday.A statewide drought, hot temperatures, and fierce winds have created ideal conditions for wildfires to ignite and spread throughout Texas.Fires have burned more than a million acres [405,000 hectares] in the state in the past week alone, including several massive blazes in West Texas that firefighters battled Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.(Also see: "Wildfire Pictures: Russia Burns, Moscow Chokes [2010].")
Photograph by Tom Pennington, Getty Images

Texas Wildfire Pictures: Crews Fight Statewide Blaze

Severe drought and gusting winds have contributed to 22 separate blazes now raging across more than a million acres of the Lone Star State.

April 21, 2011