Tough terrain with fuel to burn. The Smokehouse Creek Fire began in the Canadian River Valley, more rugged terrain than the flat area of the Texas Panhandle that is harder to access, according to ...

The Smokehouse Creek fire tore through the Texas Panhandle early last year, burning over a million acres in just weeks. In the small town of Canadian, where the devastation was severe, residents ...

The fire has forced evacuations around Peach Creek Estates, Lee Turner Road, Big Buck Drive, Hereford Way and Blue Teal in San Jacinto County, Click2Houston reported.

Just after the one-year anniversary of the largest wildfire in Texas history — the Smokehouse Creek Fire - state lawmakers are working to take steps to ensure such a fire never happens again ...