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.
The Smokehouse Creek fire grew to nearly 4,400 square kilometers. It merged with another fire and is just three per cent contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
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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