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The largest fire burning is the Smokehouse Creek Fire north of Stinnett, with only 3% containment. The Smokehouse Creek fire is one of five large wildfires currently burning in the Texas Panhandle.
Texas lawmakers approved a series of bills this year that aim to better prepare Texas for wildfires and to mitigate their ...
Xcel Energy, a Minneapolis-based company that powers homes across the eight states in the West and Midwest, said Thursday that its facilities played a role in the massive wildfires in the Texas ...
The second-largest wildfire in Texas history raged across the state's panhandle along with several other major blazes Wednesday, prompting evacuations, destroying homes and triggering a temporary ...
Wildfires continued to roar across the Texas panhandle Thursday, forcing widespread evacuations and causing two deaths as the Smokehouse Creek Fire became the largest in the state's history.
[After Texas’ largest wildfire is contained, a rancher moves on with a single calf] A solution to the deadly wildfires — and the collective fear among residents — can’t come soon enough.
DALLAS — One year ago this week, the Smokehouse Creek Fire erupted in the Texas Panhandle, becoming the largest wildfire in Texas recorded history, which goes back to 1988. The fire, which began ...
It's now been one year since the start of the largest wildfire in Texas' history. Residents of hard-hit Canadian, Texas, say the heartbreak lingers on and recovery will take years. Wildfires have ...
(Jacob Lujan For The Texas Tribune ... of cattle and destroying 138 structures. Among the fires was the Smokehouse Creek, which became the largest in state history, blazing through more than ...
LUBBOCK — Texas lawmakers approved a series of bills this year that aim to better prepare Texas for wildfires and to mitigate their damage. The legislation includes a study on wildfire risk ...