Fire crews struggled Friday to contain massive, windswept wildfires that burned homes, destroyed a church and left a sheriff’s deputy dead.
“Until we get more boots on the ground, we don’t have an estimate” of the numbers, Ford said Friday morning. “Our top priority is life, safety and protection of structures.”. One of the homes destroyed belongs to Ben and Ronda Trent, which was reduced to smoldering ash surrounded by a concrete foundation.
"We are OK. We will pick up and go from here," said Ben Trent as he stood beside his still-smoldering home."We have good friends, good family. We have faith in God who has never let us down before, and has seen us through difficulties before." And there is a beautiful sunrise coming up today." A Baptist church in downtown Ranger, Texas, about 85 miles west of Fort Worth, was destroyed Thursday when flames engulfed the 103-year-old building. A nursing home in Rising Star was evacuated and residents were taken to a community center, Eastland County Today reported.
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