Wildfires burn acres in North Texas

The threat of wildfires has returned to North Texas.
Two brush fires were reported in Coppell Saturday afternoon, and a grass fire in Fort Worth got close to a school.
The Fort Worth fire started along North Beach Street near Heritage Trace. But the wind shifted, and blew it toward homes and Primrose school.
Firefighters from Fort Worth and Keller got it under control before that happened, but some fences caught fire. The battalion chief said 15 to 18 acres burned, and the cause remains under investigation.
A second brush fire in Fort Worth started near an industrial park off the Loop 820 service road. Firefighters put out flames in a wooded area in the 4800 hundred block of Van Zandt Drive.
A fire in Palo Pinto County that burned 39 houses and 9 recreational vehicles is now 95 percent contained. That means crews are still mopping up and monitoring the Possum Kingdom area.
The Texas Forest Service warns that the arrival of a cold front Sunday afternoon will create more dangerous wildfire conditions across Texas.

The agency said in a statement that warm temperatures, dry air and gusty winds will push through ahead of the front, resulting in extremely critical conditions. The conditions will be made worse by the drought, which has left an overabundance of dried and dead vegetation.
Areas at risk include parts of the Hill Country, Central Texas, upper South Texas, lower North Texas, the Rolling Plains and central East Texas.
Since wildfire season started on Nov. 15, 2010, officials say firefighters have responded to 23,519 fires that have burned almost 3.8 million acres and destroyed 2,742 homes. They say another 34,756 homes have been saved by firefighting efforts.