01/09/2011 15:59
Texas, Oklahoma forest fires force hundreds to flee homes
Several hundred people have fled their homes because of raging forest fires in U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma. Currently, the fire covers about 1500 hectares of forest. More than 7000 homes are without electricity since the fire has destroyed transmission lines, the Voice of Russia said.
4 people have been injured in the fires, 2 of them are firefighters. A record-breaking heat wave in the country’s central regions all throughout summer, with temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma rarely dropping below 40 degrees, contributed to the outbreak of fires