( CNN ) -- Parts of the Texas town of Wheeler were evacuated Saturday as strong , shifting winds fanned wildfires that had already destroyed three buildings , law enforcement officials said . Wildfires in the Texas panhandle are being fed by sustained winds of about 40 mph . Two homes and one business had been burned down by a fire that had grown to engulf about 8,000 acres by Saturday night , said Lewis Kearney , a spokesman for Texas emergency services . Another 12 homes had been damaged , and 300 homes and 60 business were threatened , according to a report from state emergency officials . The heavy winds -- sustained at about 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph -- were making it hard for helicopters and other firefighting vehicles to battle the blaze , Kearney said . Further complicating matters were three other smaller fires , about 100 acres each , elsewhere in the state that had already stretched emergency resources . There were no immediate reports of injuries in the Wheeler fire . About 200 residents of the town of about 1,400 people on the eastern edge of the Texas panhandle were evacuated Saturday , state officials reported . The fire was believed to have started at about 4 p.m . ET Saturday , according to the state report .
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