DALLAS – Blustery weather that rolled across Texas on Thursday apparently downed power lines, sparking a fire that destroyed about 34 homes in a small town near Lake Corpus Christi, authorities said. One volunteer firefighter was burned and two other people suffered minor injuries in the afternoon fire that burned 175 acres in Lagarto in southern Live Oak County, the Texas Forest Service said.
A spokeswoman at the Live Oak County Sheriff’s Office said not all of the homes that burned were occupied. Three shelters were set up, and the Coastal Bend-Texas Chapter of the American Red Cross had set up a command center to assess what people needed.
Lewis Kearney, spokesman for the Texas Forest Service, said the fire was 60 percent contained Thursday night and power lines downed by the winds were the suspected cause. Ten vehicles were destroyed in the blaze.
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