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

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

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

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

The PK Complex of fires burning west of Fort Worth continues to threaten hundreds of homes nigh the Possum Kingdom Lake, Caddo, Strawn, and Bunger communities, where 166 homes and two chapels have been devastated, the Forest Service said Friday. The fires are 25% contained, the agency said.

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

The other remaining massive fire, the 159,308-acre Wildcat fire north of San Angelo, also was 75% contained as of late Friday.

Residents of the Possum Kingdom Lake area -- hoping to briefly return to their families to retard ashore frameworks and gather belongings -- sat at a roadblock approximate Brad, Texas, Friday afternoon later authorities said flare-ups were making it too risky to let residents of some areas return. At one point, extra than 200 motorcars were lined up, yet they were granted in later to scrutinize damage ahead 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 for the weekend could actually do more injure than good.

Thunderstorms send the menace of speedy, which can stoke current bombards, Dunn said. They too may not bring enough rain to quench the dry ground and plant in Texas, which is suffering a historic drought.

"If the storms are slow-moving and drop a lot of rain in some zones that would be beneficial," Dunn said. "But, if we're talking about radiated alternatively insulated storms that are moving at a pretty nice mow, they're no working to cater much aid in this case."

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

While October via March namely typically the dry season, namely value of rainfall is far below what it ought be, Hennig said.

Friday marked the first daytime of a "Days of Prayer for Rain" announcement issued by Gov. Rick Perry.

Perry's resolution impulses "Texans of entire beliefs and religious institutions" to pray for "an end to this ongoing drought and these destructive wildfires."

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