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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 ...
At least 77,135 acres were scorched by 13 wildfires in Texas Monday, according to the forest service. The majority of the damage was done by four fires in the state’s Panhandle: the Smokehouse ...
The Texas A&M Forest Service said Saturday night, March 16, that the Smokehouse Creek Fire, estimated at a total 1,058,482 acres, was 100% contained, as is the 144,045-acre Windy Deuce Fire.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire is currently the second-largest fire in Texas history. It surpassed the 1988 fire named the Big Country Fire, which scorched 366,000 acres. How did the fires start?
By 3:00 pm CST, the fire was reported to have burned 1,074,047 acres (1,678 sq mi; 434,651 ha) with only 3% containment. It had become the largest fire in Texas state history, overtaking the East Amarillo Fort Complex Fire in 2006, which burned 907,245 acres and caused 12 fatalities in various Texas Panhandle cities.
This handout picture courtesy of the Flower Mound Fire Department taken on February 28, 2024, shows a firefighter battling the Smokehouse Creek Fire, near Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle.
The 2022 Texas Wildfires are a series of wildfires occurring in 2022 in the state of Texas. They include 371 individual fires occurring throughout Texas. [ 1 ] A total of 210,045 acres were burned in the 2022 Texas wildfires according to the Texas A&M Forest Service , with the largest fire being the Eastland Complex fire .
Texas: Kleberg: 12,385 May 11 May 28 2024 Texas wildfires [3] Hackberry Canyon Texas: Potter: 1,088 May 14 May 25 2024 Texas wildfires – Caused an estimated $400,000 in damage. [3] Blue 2 New Mexico: Lincoln: 7,532 May 16 July 15 2024 New Mexico wildfires – Estimated damage costs over $25,000,000. [3] Spruce Creek Colorado: Montezuma: 5,692 ...