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Pantex, the main facility that assembles and disassembles America's nuclear arsenal, shut down because of nearby wildfires but was to reopen in the morning.

Officials have ordered nearly 5,000 residents in the Panhandle cities of Canadian, Fritch and Glazier to shelter in place Tuesday as four separate

Wildfires across the Texas Panhandle force residents to evacuate, seek shelter

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

A Texas wildfire exploded in size Tuesday, and another shut down a nuclear weapons facility as dry conditions fueled several big fires in the region.

Five wildfires are still raging in the Panhandle as of Wednesday morning, scorching over 580,000 acres.

Photos reveal melted lampposts, power line poles split in half and charred homes in the Texas Panhandle as the state battles its second-largest wildfire in state history.

Photos reveal melted lampposts, power line poles split in half and charred homes in the Texas Panhandle as the state battles its second-largest wildfire in state history.

Firefighters are battling four wildfires in the Texas panhandle for a second straight day.

Smokehouse Creek in Hutchinson County is the second-largest fire in Texas history. Now, the county is facing two wild fires.