Triple-digit temperatures, high winds and bone-dry vegetation make the perfect ingredients for destructive wildfires, a record 24 of which continue to sweep across Texas.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A pair of two-day-old North Texas wildfires continued to resist containment Wednesday after destroying 21 homes, officials said. World News | At Least 21 Homes Destroyed by Texas Wildfires.