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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% ...
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 ...
2024 Texas wildfires – Reportedly human-caused. [3] Creek 232 Texas: Throckmorton: 1,241 August 13 August 14 2024 Texas wildfires [3] Midway Pasture Texas: Wilbarger: 1,147 August 15 August 16 2024 Texas wildfires [3] Red Creek Texas: Haskell: 2,778 August 16 August 17 2024 Texas wildfires [3] Dirt Road Texas: Dickens, King: 1,524 August 16 ...
2024 California wildfires; 2024 Colorado wildfires; 2024 Florida wildfires; 2024 Idaho wildfires; 2024 New Mexico wildfires; 2024 Northeastern United States wildfires; 2024 Oregon wildfires; 2024 Texas wildfires. Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest in Texas history; 2024 Virginia wildfires; 2024 Washington wildfires; 2024 Canada wildfires; 2024 ...
A fire in the West Texas Panhandle that's been raging since Monday has grown to be the largest wildfire in Texas history, consuming well over 1 million acres of prairieland, homes and other property.
Firefighters working the Smokehouse Creek Fire, near Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle on Feb. 27, 2024. (Flower Mound Fire Department)
[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] On February 27, 2024, the fire crossed into Oklahoma with evacuations in Gage and Shattuck from unrelated fires the same day.
The joint second worst days for traffic jams over the 2024 festive period are expected to be Saturday December 21 and Monday December 23, each with 22.7 million drivers on the road.