Firefighters across other parts of North Texas were busy Sunday.
A shelter is set up in Johnson County for families who lost their homes in wind-driven wildfires Sunday that destroyed seven houses.
High winds fueled fires across much of North Texas, keeping firefighters busy for most of the day.
Slideshows:
Authorities in Parker County are letting hot spots burn themselves out. They said no one was in danger.
Wildfires burned in Frisco, The Colony, Flower Mound and Southlake.
The combination of wind and wildfires left people in parts of North Texas in the dark.
Sunday night, 15,000 residents were reported to be without power in Dallas County while 5,500 in Tarrant County were sitting in the dark.
Most of the service has been restored.
Officials in The Colony said a fire caused part of the blackout there for about 2,000 residents.
High winds are being blamed for the rest of the outages.
Arching, which occurs when wind makes power lines bounce up and down, causing them to snap, was also reported Sunday.
Copyright 2005 by nbc5i.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
