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Multiple wildfires are scorching over half a million acres in the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma, forcing thousands of evacuations and power outages.

The firefighters could be in the Panhandle for two weeks. The 3% contained Smokehouse Creek Fire ignited Monday and has already burned through 850,000 acres.

The largest Smokehouse Creek fire is 0 per cent contained as of early Wednesday morning and is estimated to be 500,000 acres, making it the second-largest blaze in state history

The San Angelo Fire Department shared a post on social media from The Canadian Record reporting that fire crews sent from San Angelo made it to Canadian.

Wildfires continued to burn Wednesday through portions of the Texas Panhandle as hot and dry conditions were expected to persist, and the largest fire grew to half a million acres

Five wildfires are still raging in the Panhandle as of Wednesday morning, scorching over 620,000 acres.

One of the ongoing wildfires tearing through Texas became the second largest in state history on Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle the blaze. Raging wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle in recent days, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to issue an emergency declaration for 60 counties on Tuesday. The largest fire, dubbed the Smoke House Creek Fire, is…

The Smokehouse Creek fire became the largest in state history on Thursday morning, burning 1m acres

The largest of the fires, the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Hutchinson County, has expanded to 250,000 acres, or nearly 391 square miles.

The state is battling its "largest and most destructive fire in Texas history," and the blaze is only 3% contained, officials said.