HUNT, Texas (AP) — Firefighters wrested control of wildfires Saturday that killed one man and burned about 6,200 acres, officials said.
One fire in Kerr County, about 100 miles west of Austin, had scorched about 1,100 acres and threatened about 50 homes, said Texas Forest Service spokeswoman Traci Weaver.
In the same county, a fire that scorched 150 acres burned a camper-trailer and two mobile homes. That fire was about 75 percent contained, the forest service said. Calmer winds expected today should prevent the fires from spreading, Weaver said.
In Uvalde County, officials said a man found dead Friday next to his bulldozer.
Wildfires in Texas have burned more than a million acres since Dec. 1, including about 40,000 acres this week in the Panhandle, Weaver said. About 431 homes have been lost in fires since Dec. 27.