Wildfires continued to burn across the Texas Panhandle Thursday, forcing widespread evacuations as the Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to become the largest in the state's history. As of midday ...

This is an estimated acreage, as the Texas A&M Forest Service has yet to confirm the merge and continues to list Smokehouse Creek and 687 Reamer separately. The fire tracker provides a map with ...

The active panhandle blazes currently cover a combined area of some 374,000 acres, according to the latest figures by the Texas A&M Forest Service. The Smokehouse Creek fire is thought to have ...

The Smokehouse Creek Fire, part of an outbreak of wildfires ... The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map for Texas shows abnormally dry conditions are present throughout most of the region, further ...

DALLAS — One year ago this week, the Smokehouse Creek Fire erupted in the Texas Panhandle, becoming the largest wildfire in Texas recorded history, which goes back to 1988. The fire, which began ...

Texas lawmakers approved a series of bills this year that aim to better prepare Texas for wildfires and to mitigate their damage.

But nothing prepared her for what she saw after the Smokehouse Creek Fire last year. "Everyone I know lost something," Ezzell Brown told The Texas Newsroom, as she stood surrounded by the ...

The Smokehouse Creek Fire, which grew to be the largest fire in Texas history, was ignited after a decayed power pole snapped and landed in dry grass, the committee found. The committee also ...