Firefighters in the Texas are fighting to control wildfires which have wiped out more than one million acres in the past fort-night.

With a Long term dearth from border to border in the United States of Texas are covering more than 100,000 wildfires acres. The lofty temperatures and breezing winds have created ideal conditions for the fires to spread.

Several towns have been vacated and fires are now close to Fort Worth, one of the state’s largest cities.

The Texas Forest Service stated that, it had reacted to eleven new fires on Tuesday evening, in addition to the scores already burning across the state. Almost 200 homes are reported to have been destroyed in these wildfires.

Airplanes have been dropping water and fire retardant on the burning areas, while fire-fighters have been extinguishing exposed homes.

The United States national weather service has announced decreased wind and higher humidity are anticipated over northern Texas in the coming days, that would be certainly be good news for wildfire fighting operations.

Texas governor Rick Perry has requested President Barack Obama to issue a Major tragedy declaration for the state in the face of the fires.