WATCH: Security camera footage captures a wildfire racing toward a home near Madrid.
Raging wildfires have forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes across Spain and France as firefighters battle the fast-moving blazes.
More than 250,000 people have been forced to evacuate as massive wildfires tear through Spain and France.
The fast-moving fires are threatening France's famed Bordeaux wine region, prompting military deployments, mass evacuations and a national emergency in Spain.
Officials warn shifting winds could worsen conditions as firefighters from around the world race to contain the blazes.
Last week, as flooding swept across the Texas Hill Country, my phone rang.
It was my pastor, Gregg Matte of Houston’s First Baptist Church.
He had 325 middle schoolers and dozens of volunteers at Camp Eagle near Rocksprings. The flooding had washed out the only road out. Seven charter buses were waiting to bring them home to Houston, but they couldn’t get through.
“Can you help me get these kids out?”
My team got to work immediately with Pastor Gregg and state and local officials. What followed was an extraordinary Texas rescue operation.
First responders rolled in SHERPs — massive all-terrain vehicles with giant inflatable tires built to cross ground no ordinary truck can touch.
The SHERPs drove down the washed-out road. Picked up the campers in groups. Carried them to the firetrucks. The firetrucks got them to the county road where seven buses were waiting to take them home to Houston.
Every camper and volunteer made it home safe.
Thank you to Pastor Gregg, Judge Rubio, State Sen. Wes Virdell, Texas DPS, the Game Wardens, the firefighters, the bus drivers, and every volunteer who worked through the weekend to bring these kids home.
Our office was proud to play a small part.
Praise God they’re all home.
Firefighters rescued a missing dog found swimming in the San Francisco Bay after it escaped into the water and "just kept swimming.”
The pup had been missing since July 4 before first responders brought it safely back to shore, where it was reunited with its owners.