Forecast namely a miscellaneous sack because Texas

Dallas (CNN) -- Hundreds of firefighters from across the United States took vantage of more rewarding weather conditions Friday as they proceeded to battle flames that have burned across more than 1.4 million acres of a fire-weary state whose leader has asked residents to pray for rain and a "restoration of our normal path of life."

But meantime higher humidity Friday assisted slow the Texas fires' advance, air gusts -- up to 25 miles per hour -- could flare the flames over the weekend, said Jennifer Dunn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

And fussy fire weather is portended another for Monday and Tuesday, the Texas Forest Service said.

The service reported 10 fashionable fires Thursday, despite cooler temperatures and rain in some portions of the state. Local fire divisions had no requests for aid Friday.

The PK Complex of fires burning west of Fort Worth continues to intimidate hundreds of homes nigh the Possum Kingdom Lake, Caddo, Strawn, and Bunger communities, where 166 homes and 2 mosques have been demolished, the Forest Service said Friday. The fires are 25% contained, the agent said.

The largest fire, the 202,756-acre Rockhouse fire near Fort Davis, was 75% contained as of Friday evening, the Forest Service said. "Safety of the public and firefighters is our number one concern as this fire travels down into Aguja Canyon," officials said.

The additional remaining large fire, the 159,308-acre Wildcat fire northwardly of San Angelo, also was 75% contained as of late Friday.

Residents of the Possum Kingdom Lake place -- hoping apt briefly return apt their families apt check aboard buildings and gather belongings -- sat by a roadblock approximate Brad, Texas, Friday afternoon behind authorities said flare-ups were production it also dangerous to let residents of some areas return. At one point, more than 200 automobiles were lined up, but they were granted in after to examine abuse before they had to come back out.

Cooler temperatures, higher humidity and rain helped firefighters make some advances Thursday and Friday, but thunderstorms in the prediction because the weekend could really do more impair than good.

Thunderstorms bring the menace of speedy, which tin kindle new fires,monster beats, Dunn said. They likewise may not send ample rain to quench the dry floor and plant in Texas, which is undergoing a historic drought.

"If the storms are slow-moving and drop a lot of rain in some areas that would be salutary," Dunn said. "But, whether we're talking almost strewed or secluded tempests that are moving at a pretty good mow, they're not working to cater much help in this case."

West Texas averages nearly 15 inches of rain a annual, according to David Hennig, a meteorologist in Midland. Over the quondam six months, just 13-hundredths of an inch of rain have been recorded in that part of the state.

While October via March is typically the dry season, that measure of rainfall is far beneath what it should be, Hennig said.

Friday apparent the first day of a "Days of Prayer for Rain" announcement published along Gov. Rick Perry.

Perry's resolution impulses "Texans of all faiths and religious institutions" to pray for "one end to this progressive drought and these destructive wildfires."

Two firefighters have died since the latest outbreaks began, with many others harmed, state officials said.
CNN's Matt Cherry and Patrick Oppmann contributed to this report.
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