Light magnified by bottles in garbage can started blaze that destroyed 5 homes, fire chief says

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Sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a 500-acre North Texas wildfire that destroyed five homes, fire officials said Thursday.

The July 18 fire on Possum Kingdom Lake's western shore, about 70 miles west of Fort Worth, took eight days to fully contain.

Watkins concluded that a wind gust opened the can lid, enabling sunlight magnified by the glass bottles to ignite the paper. The fire built rapidly until it spilled from the can and spread to nearby cedar trees, the statement said.

 

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