Texas struggles to contain wildfires as wind threatens to further their spread

Firefighters battle a blaze in Texas (David Erickson/AP)

Strong winds have spread flames and led to a town’s evacuation while planes dropped fire retardant over parts of Texas in an attempt to stop the largest wildfire in the US state’s history.

As of Sunday afternoon, the Smokehouse Creek fire was 15% contained and two other fires were at least 60% contained.