Texas Panhandle wildfires: Crews make progress containing largest fire in state history
The wildfire in the Texas Panhandle is now the largest in state history. Gov. Abbott and emergency officials gave an update Friday on the situation that has already taken two lives and injured others.
The largest wildfires in U.S. history
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas is already the largest in the state’s history, and it’s still burning. And while everything may be bigger in Texas, the state does not claim the biggest wildfires in U.S. history.
A Texas town was helpless to watch as the largest wildfire in state history engulfed it
Families who evacuated from the Smokehouse Creek fire returned Thursday to devastating scenes: melted street signs and charred frames of cars and trucks. Homes reduced to piles of ash and rubble. An American flag propped up outside a destroyed house.
Texas battles historic wildfires as snow covers scorched land in the Panhandle
A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in their desperate efforts to corral a blaze that has grown into the largest in state history.
How big is a 1-million acre wildfire? Smokehouse Creek Fire could stretch from NYC to Philly
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle surpassed 1 million acres burned on Thursday, becoming the largest wildfire in Lone Star State history.
How to help the Texas Panhandle wildfire victims
Looking for a way to help the Texans who are affected by the largest wildfire in state history? Here are some organizations providing relief.
Texas Panhandle wildfire: Largest fire in state history claims 2 lives
The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle has now burned more than 1 million acres and has claimed the lives of two women.
Texas Panhandle wildfire grows to the second-largest in state history
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Hutchinson County is now the second-largest wildfire in Texas history.
Texas wildfires: Fort Worth firefighters share terrifying video from Panhandle
Fort Worth firefighters are the latest from North Texas to join the effort to fight the second-largest wildfire in Texas history.
Flower Mound firefighters helping to battle Panhandle wildfires
Members of the Flower Mound Fire Department are heading west to help crews battle a series of wildfires in the Texas Panhandle.
Texas wildfires force brief shutdown of US nuclear weapons facility
Texas wildfires forced the temporary shutdown of Pantex, the U.S. main assembly and disassembly site for its atomic bombs.
Rapidly expanding wildfires in the Texas Panhandle prompt evacuations
A rapidly widening Texas wildfire doubled in size Tuesday and prompted evacuation orders in at least one small town as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm highs fueled the blaze in the state’s rural Panhandle.
North Texas fire crews battle wildfires in Texas Panhandle
Three firefighters from Flower Mound are in the Texas Panhandle, where hot weather and gusting winds are fueling multiple wildfires.
Maui welcoming tourists to boost economy in aftermath of devastating wildfires
Hawaii’s governor and mayor are welcoming tourists back to the west side of Maui months after August wildfires killed at least 100 people and destroyed more than 2,000 buildings.
Another wildfire burning in Hawaii threatens irreplaceable rainforest on Oahu
Months after a devastating wildfire leveled an entire town and killed at least 99 people, another blaze burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality.
Maui residents begin returning to sites of wrecked Lahaina homes after wildfire
Hawaii officials on Monday began lifting restrictions on entry to the Lahaina "burn zone," the area destroyed in the wildfire seven weeks ago.
Gotham Fire in Palo Pinto County now 90% contained
The so-called Gotham Fire ignited Monday just south of Lake Palo Pinto.
Firefighters battling 3 wildfires in North Texas
The biggest fire is in Palo Pinto County, about 60 miles west of Fort Worth.
Maui fire missing list falls slightly to 385, still hundreds higher than expected
At least 115 people died in the blaze that swept through Lahaina, the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century.
Canadian wildfire smoke has again made its way to Dallas
Smoke from wildfires in Canada has again made its way into Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.