Somerville County Family Loses Five Homes in Wildfire
The blaze, known as the Chalk Mountain Fire, has charred more than 6,000 acres since Tuesday. It was just 10% contained as of Wednesday evening."During times like this family just has to come together,” Barber said. “That's why we're here."They've already made the decision to rebuild, on the same land, and put their lives back together.
Senior Meteorologist David Finfrock said in the NBC 5 docu-series Inside the Storm: Texas Burning, that at that time the period from August 2010 to July 2011 was the driest 12 consecutive months on record.
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