Texas' out-of-control wildfires: By the numbers

The Lone Star State is burning. Over 650 wildfires have raged across its plains so far this year, levelling nearly 200 homes. And it's likely things will only get worse

A woman sits in what used to be her bedroom after wildfires ripped through Colorado City, Texas in March.
(Image credit: Corbis)

Texas is suffering one of America's worst outbreaks of wildfires since the state's ruinous fire season of 2006. The driest March in recorded history has left vast swaths of the Lone Star state a "massive tinderbox that has exploded with devastating effect" and, unless the weather ushers in a rainy season, the destruction will likely continue. Here, a look at some stats behind the blazes:

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