A wildfire in North Texas has spread to 1,000 acres and prompted evacuations as it threatens about 150 homes.

A fire chief says sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a 500-acre North Texas wildfire that destroyed five homes.

At least 16 homes have been destroyed and another five damaged as a two-day-old wildfire remained on the move near Glen Rose in North Texas.

Unrelenting heat and unseasonably dry conditions are fueling wildfires in North Texas.

A Texas ranch that recently hit the market may be hiding some buried treasure if the legends are true.