Texas wildfire destroys more than 3 dozen homes
Source: The Oklahoman - Aug 31, 2011 at 8:48 PM
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas (AP) — Kathy Lanpher was showing a property to a client when she heard the improbable, gut-wrenching news: a wildfire like the one that destroyed her home four months ago was threatening the nearby subdivision where she had relocated.
The real estate agent raced back to her condo, grabbed a few belongings and — hearing that flames had cut off the road to safety — headed to the marina, where she and dozens of frightened neighbors eventually made it to safety by boat.
The wildfire that started Tuesday in the Possum Kingdom Lake area — one of several in drought-stricken Texas and Oklahoma — had destroyed more than three dozen homes and scorched some 6,200 acres as of Wednesday.
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