Deputy Sgt. Barbara Fenley, 51, was assisting evacuation efforts and was last heard from when she was on her way to check on an elderly person, authorities said.
EASTLAND, Texas (AP) Fire crews in West Texas hope to make progress Saturday against a massive complex of wildfires that have killed one person and burned at least 50 homes, officials said. Winds were expected to diminish on Saturday, raising hopes for the attack on the flames, said Angel Lopez, a spokesman for the task force attacking the wildfire complex near Eastland, about 120 miles west of Dallas.