By ERIC O’KEEFE and LAURA GRIFFIN
CROSS PLAINS, Texas — Standing in the ashes of the home they had shared as newlyweds for five months, Johnny and ReNetha Bellew looked in vain Thursday for traces of the Christmas presents they had just exchanged - a new suit, a Texas Aggie T-shirt, Nike sneakers and ceramic collectibles. Nothing was left.
But with 7,000 acres of Callahan County ravaged by 60-foot-high walls of flame that erupted Tuesday afternoon, destroying more than 100 homes and claiming two lives in this small town southeast of Abilene, the Bellews at least were spared.
“When I saw the flames at the end of the street, I knew we had to go,” said Mr. Bellew, 21, a bank teller.
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