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The largest of the fires—which spans nearly 1.1 million acres—began at Smokehouse Creek and was 15% contained as of Sunday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
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 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 ...
In Hutchinson County, northeast of Amarillo, the so-called Smokehouse Creek Fire had burned around 250,000 acres and was 0% contained Tuesday evening, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service, a ...
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. [2]
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]
• Four more fires burning: The Windy Deuce Fire in Moore County has burned through 144,000 acres and is 55% contained as of Sunday evening, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The Grape ...
Four fires are currently ravaging the Texas panhandle. As of 9:30 p.m. Monday, the fires had burned nearly 65,000 acres of land in the northern region of the state, ABC7 News reports.