North Texas firefighters head to California to battle wildfires

Firefighters battling a large wildfire in northern California will get help from several North Texas fire departments.

Wildfire smoke pours across America bringing haze from coast to coast

Hundreds of wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada are spewing dense smoke that is being carried hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away.

North Texas musician's home destroyed in New Mexico wildfires

A former Fort Worth resident described the feeling of turning away from his new home in New Mexico as he watched it burn down.

At least 2 dead, over 1,400 structures burned as New Mexico wildfires rage

The wildfires have scorched more than a combined 23,000 acres of tribal and government lands surrounding the village of Ruidoso in south-central New Mexico and the Mescalero Apache Reserve.

Canada’s wildfire season prompts air quality alerts in US

An evacuation alert was issued for Fort McMurray in Alberta as crews responded to what they described as an "out-of-control wildfire."

Largest wildfire in Texas history now fully contained

The Smokehouse Creek Fire scorched 1,058,482 acres in the Texas Panhandle and portions of Oklahoma, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

North Texans rally to help ranchers feed starving cattle in wildfire-stricken panhandle

About 65 tons of feed has been collected and will be shipped off in big rigs to the panhandle. All of it is for the thousands of heads of cattle that survived the fires but are starving.

Drying trend threatens already scorched Texas Panhandle

Fire officials are worried that dryer conditions in the Panhandle could lead to new wildfires in the region.

Fort Worth fire crews covered shifts so firefighters could attend funeral for fallen Fritch fire chief

After almost two long weeks of helping fight the Panhandle wildfires, North Texas firefighters are heading back to the DFW Metroplex. But first, they helped out in a different way to give fellow firefighters a chance to mourn their fallen fire chief.

Texas wildfires: Utility provider says facilities appeared to have role in igniting fire

Utility provider Xcel Energy said Thursday that its facilities appeared to have played a part in igniting a massive wildfire in the Texas Panhandle that grew into the largest in state history.

Students fill buses with supplies for Texas Panhandle wildfire victims

Firefighters are finally making some good progress getting wildfires in the Texas Panhandle under control. And efforts to provide help to the area are picking up in North Texas.

Texas wildfires: Gov. Abbott honors fire chief killed in Panhandle fire

Texas Governor Greg Abbott offered his condolences to the family of a fire chief who died fighting a structure fire in the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday.

Voting sites open in Panhandle on Tuesday, despite wildfires

Voters in the Texas Panhandle will be heading to the polls on Tuesday amid historic wildfires, casting ballots in a handful of high-stakes primary races as more than a million acres continue to burn and emergency officials order mass evacuations.

Lawsuit hints at possible cause of Texas Panhandle wildfire

As firefighters work to get the Texas Panhandle wildfires under control, a new lawsuit is shedding light on the possible cause.