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Wildfires claim two lives in Texas
| Quote From Source: | (CNN) -- A former reporter for WFAA-TV and his wife were killed when fire swept through their property in rural Montague County, Texas, a family member told the station Friday.
A house burns after wildfires raced through rural Montague County in Texas.
The deaths of Matt and Cathy Quinn are the first known fatalities in the fires that scorched parts of Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday.
Cathy's son, Chris, suffered burns and was being treated Friday at the Parkland Memorial Hospital burn unit in Dallas, the station, a CNN affiliate, said on its Web site. He was reported in fair condition.
Matt Quinn began working at WFAA in 1980, presenting a regular feature called "Matt Quinn's Chronicles."
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Wildfires destroy 2 Texas towns, kill 2
| Quote From Source: | HOUSTON (Reuters) - Wildfires fueled by high winds roared across northern Texas, destroying two towns and killing two people, officials said on Friday.
Firefighters battled more than 20 major fires burning across 60,000 acres on Friday, a day after 100,000 acres burned and the small towns of Stoneburg and Sunset in Montague County northwest of Fort Worth were destroyed, according to a statement from Texas Governor Rick Perry.
A couple in Montague County was killed when winds shifted and a fast moving grass fire consumed their home. Their son survived and was taken to a Dallas hospital, local officials said.
Smoke from the fires covered Interstate 35 north of Dallas and slowed traffic. At one point, Highway 287 northwest of Fort Worth had to be closed due to heavy smoke.
Weather conditions were expected to improve later on Friday, with calm winds and higher humidity forecast, officials from the Texas Forest Service said.
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