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An 83-year-old grandmother from the tiny town of Stinnett was the lone confirmed fatality Wednesday.

A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history. Authorities say the Smokehouse Creek fire grew Thursday to nearly 1,700 square miles of scorched rural

The Smokehouse Creek Fire has merged with another blaze and is 3 contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history. Authorities say the Smokehouse Creek fire grew Thursday to nearly 1,700 square miles of scorched rural

The Smokehouse Creek Fire has merged with another blaze and is 3 contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

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CANADIAN, Texas — A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out

The Smokehouse Creek Fire has merged with another blaze and is 3 contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched grassland, dead cattle and burned out homes and gave firefighters a brief window of relief in desperate efforts to corral the blaze.

Firefighters have made little progress in stopping the flames, and the weekend promises high temperatures and gusts of wind.