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| April 07, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: BETSY BLANEY

Numerous wildfires erupted in the parched, windy Texas Panhandle on Thursday, destroying nine homes and prompting a mandatory evacuation of two small towns.

More than a dozen fires burned at least 27,000 acres in the Panhandle, destroying homes north of Amarillo, the Texas Forest Service said. A fire south of Pampa in Gray County consumed 5,000 acres and forced the evacuation of at least 600 residents from Lefors and Bowers City, the forest service said.

"You can see we have a big, big problem, and the weather's not cooperating," said Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Wayne Beighle. "The…

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