Texas Panhandle wildfire update: Fires mostly contained after 2 …
Mar 11, 2024 · Monday marked two weeks since a series of deadly wildfires sparked in the Texas Panhandle, killing two people and thousands of cattle, ravaging more than a million acres and hundreds of...
Texas Panhandle wildfire grows into one of largest in state's …
Feb 29, 2024 · CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a …
See a Map of Where the Deadly Texas Wildfires Are Spreading
Mar 1, 2024 · T he second-largest wildfire in U.S. history, and the largest in state history, is currently sweeping across the Texas Panhandle, burning through more than one million acres of land. Two people...
Texas panhandle fires: Maps of current wildfires, latest updates
Feb 28, 2024 · There are currently 5 active fires in the Texas Panhandle region, according to the Texas Fire Map. The largest one is Smokehouse Creek, north of Amarillo, at 850,000 acres, with 3% of it...
Texas panhandle wildfires: Map traces five fires burning in real …
Feb 27, 2024 · Five fires are currently ravaging the Texas panhandle. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, the fires had burned over one million acres of land in the northern region of the state, according to the Texas A&M...
Collaboration reduces wildland fire risk in Texas panhandle
Mar 27, 2025 · CARSON COUNTY, Texas – In February 2024, the Smokehouse Creek and Windy Deuce fires devastated the Texas Panhandle, burning over one million acres and destroying more than 130 homes. A year later, the National Park Service’s Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (NRA) fire management staff, along with more than a dozen local and state …
Smokehouse Creek Fire, second-largest in U.S. history, merges …
Feb 28, 2024 · In the Texas Panhandle, the Smokehouse Creek Fire that broke out earlier this week has since extended to nearly 1.1 million acres, firefighters said Thursday, quickly becoming the "largest...
Texas wildfires: Deadly Texas blaze torches 1 million acres – the ...
Feb 29, 2024 · (CNN) — Catastrophic wildfires ripping across the Texas Panhandle have killed at least two people and threaten to destroy more homes, cattle and livelihoods as the biggest inferno in state...
Texas wildfire anniversary brings hope, anxiety | The Texas Tribune
Feb 27, 2025 · Canadian, the county seat of Hemphill with a population of about 2,300, sits in the northeast corner of Texas’ Panhandle. One year ago, Panhandle residents watched as a flock of wildfires ...
Bills introduced a year after state’s largest blaze seek to limit wildfires
Mar 3, 2025 · According to the investigative report, it cost Texas A&M Forest Service more than $16 million to respond and the Texas Department of Transportation at least $540,000. There are other bills that could help strengthen the response to wildfires. Volunteer departments in the Panhandle were at the forefront of battling the fires last year. However ...