Strong winds have spread flames and led to a town’s evacuation while planes dropped fire retardant over parts of Texas in an attempt to stop the largest wildfire in the US state’s history. As of Sunday afternoon, the Smokehouse Creek fire was 15% contained and two other fires were at least 60% contained. Authorities have […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — A nonprofit organization is lending a hand to Oklahoma communities that have been fighting wildfires for the past week. The Catesby wildfire near Gage in Ellis County has burnt more than 90,000 acres of land. Jason Yarbrough is the director of Oklahoma Baptist Relief, and he said more than two […]
Texas is no stranger to winter wildfires, but the ferocity of the Smokehouse Creek fire — the state’s largest on record after burning through more than 1 million acres — caught even the experts off guard. Its severity was due to a perfect storm of environmental factors: highly flammable grasses and strong winds combined with […]
By David Latona and Vincent West OVIEDO, Spain (Reuters) – Across Europe, farmers have jammed roads, burned tyres and dumped manure in protest at a host of pressures threatening their livelihoods and way of life. In the province of Asturias, Spain, authorities are preparing for worse. Last spring, in an unprecedented conflagration there, nearly 300 […]
By David Latona and Vincent West OVIEDO, Spain, March 2 (Reuters) – Across Europe, farmers have jammed roads, burned tyres and dumped manure in protest at a host of pressures threatening their livelihoods and way of life. In the province of Asturias, Spain, authorities are preparing for worse. Last spring, in an unprecedented conflagration there, […]
As firefighters battle the raging Smokehouse Creek fire, Gov. Greg Abbott said the cause of the fire — which covers more than 550 miles — is under investigation. He had not received an official report as of Friday. The fire, which is the largest in Texas history and has burned more than 1 million acres […]
MIAMI, Texas — As Roberts County Judge Mitchell Locke worked to make sure everyone evacuated safely from the spreading fires threatening his town, he and two other officials decided to stay put. “We were talking about who was going to be the last man to go down with the ship,” Locke said. “Once we made […]
Dozens of wildfires are causing chaos across the Texas Panhandle as the Smokehouse Creek fire – now the largest blaze in state history – grew to more than 1mn acres on Thursday, even as a dusting of snow brought a measure of relief. At least two people have died, according to officials. The second victim, […]
Abnormally warm temperatures, dry grasses and a sudden windy cold front combined to create the conditions for the destructive wildfires that have raged across parts of Texas this week. The winds that sent wildfires charging across the Texas Panhandle struck at the perfect time of day for destruction, “like a hurricane making landfall at high […]
FORD COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — Fires across several states are stretching resources thin for fire departments and compelling farmers and ranchers to help fight fires. AgriLife Extension Agent Andy Holloway said she estimates 5,000 head of cattle may have been killed in the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas. Earlier this week, a farmer in Ford […]
Fire crews are still actively trying to contain several wildfires in the Texas panhandle, including the massive Smokehouse Creek Fire, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties and urged Texans “to limit activities that could create sparks and take precautions to keep their […]
LUBBOCK — Firefighters are still working to extinguish five raging wildfires in the Texas Panhandle that have already collectively burned nearly 575,000 acres, an amount of land that’s roughly 40% larger than Houston, the nation’s fourth most populous city. The Smokehouse Creek fire, which started Monday afternoon, grew from 100,000 to 500,000 acres within 24 […]