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Wildfires scorch Panhandle, Texas

Uncontained wildfires scorch Panhandle, Texas

21:33, 28.02.2024
  fb/rl;   Reuters
Uncontained wildfires scorch Panhandle, Texas The uncontained wildfire northeast of Amarillo has scorched 500,000 acres since Monday, the Texas A&M Forest Service said early on Wednesday, pushing eastward across the border of Oklahoma, according to a map provided by the agency.

The uncontained wildfire northeast of Amarillo has scorched 500,000 acres since Monday, the Texas A&M Forest Service said early on Wednesday, pushing eastward across the border of Oklahoma, according to a map provided by the agency.

Photo: Texas A&M Forest Service via Getty Images
Photo: Texas A&M Forest Service via Getty Images
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Several smaller wildfires at various stages of containment are burning other parts of the state’s northern Panhandle, whipped up by fierce winds and hot, dry temperatures. The area scorched by the main blaze dubbed the Smokehouse Creek Fire, is the size of New York City, plus sprawling Westchester County to its north.

The Forest Service said there were no reported injuries or deaths but an unspecified number of structures were damaged and destroyed. Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties and directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to activate more than 95 firefighters as well as personnel to close roads, control traffic, offer medical aid, and provide livestock support.

The fires swept north of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pantex plant, the nation’s primary nuclear weapons assembly, disassembly, and modification facility located near Amarillo. The threat prompted authorities on Tuesday to cease operations at the site, evacuate personnel, and build a fire barrier, according to updates Pantex posted on X.

But on Wednesday, the plant was “open for normal day shift operations,” it said. Approximately 13,000 Texas homes and businesses were without power as of Wednesday morning, with more than 4,000 of those in the Panhandle region alone, according to data from PowerOutage.us.

Ninety percent of the largest Texas wildfires on record have occurred between the months of January and May, including the state's biggest recorded wildfire in March 2006, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
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