New Texas Panhandle wildfire forces evacuations over the weekend
A new wildfire popped up Sunday called the Roughneck Fire. It prompted the evacuation of Sanford, a small town in Hutchinson County.
Organizations work to assist dozens of families displaced by Texas Panhandle wildfires
As firefighters battle against strong winds in their efforts to contain the unprecedented wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, humanitarian organizations are pivoting their attention to victims who have lost their homes and livelihoods in the blazes.
North Texans sending supplies to help those devastated by Texas Panhandle wildfires
People in the Texas Panhandle are in need of basic necessities, like water and food, as they deal with wildfires, but they also need items for livestock, like hay and feed. Across North Texas, people are answering the call to help and sending supplies to those in need.
Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle largest wildfire in Texas history
Firefighters in Texas faced rising temperatures, whipped-up winds and dry air Saturday in their battle to keep the largest wildfire in state history from turning more of the Panhandle into a parched wasteland.
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.