Andrew Veach, 16, searches remains of his grandfather's home Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, in Choctaw, Okla. The house burned to the ground Tuesday when a wildfire moved through the area.
A statue of the Virgin Mary stands in front of a home that was destroyed in Mustang, Okla., on Wednesday, Dec 28, 2005. By the time the smoke cleared, more than 100 homes across wildfire-stricken Texas and Oklahoma lay in ruins and at least five people were dead, including two elderly women trapped in their homes.
Searching for his mother's jewelry, David Leibrock, son of homeowner Bernice Alvarez, sifts through the ashes in the remains of her double-wide mobile home in Arlington, Texas, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. Alvarez' southeast Arlington home was destroyed by a fast-moving grass fire Tuesday evening. (
The burned-out shell of a truck sits in front of a house that is still smoldering from a grass fire that swept through the small town of Cross Plains, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. Officials say the fires killed at least five people and destroyed more than 100 homes in Texas and Oklahoma. At least three people in Texas are unaccounted for.
A cross from the First United Methodist Church lies on the ground after the church was destroyed in a grass fire that swept through the small town of Cross Plains, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. Officials say grass fires in Texas and Oklahoma killed at least five people and destroyed more than 100 homes.
Firefighters search through the wreckage of a home destroyed by a grass fire that swept through the small town of Cross Plains, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. The house belongs to an elderly woman who was among at least three people who were still missing, fire officials said. The wind-driven fires were blamed for five deaths.
Kristin Hunter, left, hugs her mother, Terri Hunter, after learning that a neighbor is unaccounted for following a grass fire that swept through the small town of Cross Plains, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. Firefighters searched for missing people and hoped for cooler, calmer weather as they checked for hot spots.
Roger Hinkle stares at the burning remains of the home he shared with his father on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, in Cross Plains, Texas. Hinkle had lived in the 100-year-old home since he was two weeks old. Dozens of fires, mostly in north and central parts of the state, prompted Texas Gov. Rick Perry to deploy firefighters and issue a disaster declaration.
A windmill spins from the heat of grass fires as a neighborhood in Cross Plains, Texas, burned to the ground Tuesday night, Dec. 27, 2005. The entire town was evacuated earlier in the day as grass fires converged on the neighborhood. Texas officials say the fires scorched at least 13,000 acres in the state.
Michelle Easton, left, and her mother Marsha Johnson watch as a grass fire jumps the road near Hunker Terrace in Mustang, Okla., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005.
Firefighters stand beneath a tree as smoke from burned out structures lingers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005. At least three mobile homes and several small structures were lost to flames after wild grass fires spread through the area.
Three homes burn after a grass fire swept through Mustang, Okla., on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005. Fires burned in 17 Oklahoma counties as winds gusted up to 40 miles per hour and temperatures exceeded 70 degrees in many parts of the state.
A helicopter dumps water as firefighters work to put out a grass fire near Boyd, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005.
Gerrianne Patterson leans on her mother Bernice Alvarez' shoulder as the two look at the ruins of Alvarez' mobile home, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005 in South Arlington, Texas. Wild grass fires in the area quickly spread, burning two other adjacent homes.
A mobile home is engulfed in flames in South Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005. Grass fires driven by gusty winds damaged several homes in Oklahoma and threatened others in North Texas. Three Oklahomans suffered minor injuries, authorities said.
Several fire departments fought high winds and dry conditions to respond to a grass fire that burned a home in Colleyville, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005.