(CNN) -- A spell of suffocating heat continued to grip much of the South Thursday, as records for the most consecutive days off 100-degree heat in parts of Texas appeared vulnerable.

via: myfoxhouston.com GROVETON, Texas – More than 18,000 acres have burned in eastern Trinity County and western Polk County in what the Texas Forest Service is describing as “the largest fire in East Texas history The largest section of the ‘Bearing Fire’ sits between the towns of Apple Springs and Groveton, south of FM 2262 […]