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Tracking the fires: Texas fires map: Track wildfires as Smokehouse Creek blaze engulfs 500,000 acres. Contributing: Ramon Padilla, Karina Zaiets, Javier Zarracina, Julia Gomez, Associated Press ...
The Grape Vine Creek fire, at 34,800 acres, was 60% contained. The Magenta Fire in Oldham County, spanning approximately 3,300 acres, was 85% contained. The 2,000-acre 687 Reamer Fire was 10% ...
Current North Texas Wildfires This map shows wildfires that have been updated within the past 7 days from the Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) and the National Interagency ...
It is the second largest wildfire in Texas history, and was only 3% contained. Another fire in Moore County, about 35 miles west of Hutchinson County, has burned 142,000 acres since Monday. It was ...
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 ...
The Smokehouse Creek fire is the furthest north in Texas but close to the smaller 687 Reamer fire. The 687 Reamer fire is at 10 per cent containment and has burned 2,000 acres.
The weather conditions over Texas at the time were highly conducive to the spread of fires, with unusually warm temperatures and gusty conditions prevailing over the region. [8] [9] The area scorched by the fire grew rapidly to 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 200,000 ha) within 24 hours of ignition as strong winds fanned the flames eastward. [10]
AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 5,800 acres have burned in wildfires across Central Texas so far in 2024, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. A total of 29 fires have burned 5,871.1 acres in ...