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The Smokehouse Creek Fire was a record-breaking wildfire affecting the northeastern Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma that started on February 26, 2024. The fire affected numerous communities in Hemphill and Roberts counties, including the town of Canadian. [3][4] As of March 16, 2024, the fire had burned approximately 1,058,482 acres (1,654 ...
A map demonstrating the spread of wildfires across the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma. Lon Tweeten for TIME The Windy Deuce Fire in Moore County, which covers more than 144,000 acres, was 55% ...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties on Tuesday as the fires rapidly grew in size. Power outages have also become a major concern for Panhandle officials with ...
Here are the numbers for the other fires in the Texas Panhandle: Windy Deuce — 140,000 acres and 55% contained. Grapevine Creek —30,000 acres and 60% contained.
The 2024 Texas wildfires were marked by several major fires, including the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle and part of Oklahoma.. The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned an estimated 1,058,482 acres (1,653.878 sq mi; 428,352 ha) in Texas and Oklahoma and was completely contained on March 16, [1] becoming the second largest fire in US history dating back to 1988.
Biggest wildfires in Texas history. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the East Amarillo Complex Fire in the Texas Panhandle was the largest fire. The fire started on March 3, 2006, and ...
The Smokehouse Creek Fire, an uncontained blaze in the Texas Panhandle region, continued to burn Thursday and force evacuations from homes and businesses.A combination of dry conditions ...
The 2011 Texas wildfires were a series of destructive wildfires in Texas that occurred in the 2011 fire season. During 2011 in Texas, around 31,453 fires had burned 4,000,000 acres or 16,190 square kilometres [ 3 ] (about double the previous record), 2,947 homes [ 3 ] (1,939 of which were destroyed over the Labor Day weekend), and over 2,700 ...