Page 2 - Greg Downey News Today

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

On Monday evening, four Greenville firefighters left town in a brush fire truck to join the cavalcade of fire departments who are working around the clock to put out the

Wildfire have ravaged nearly 900,000 acres of the Texas panhandle in the state's second largest recorded fire since the state started recording data in 2005.

CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — The explosive growth of the second-largest wildfire in Texas history slowed as winds and temperatures dipped but the massive blaze was still untame...

The explosive growth of the second-largest wildfire in Texas history slowed as winds and temperatures dipped but the massive blaze was still untamed and threatening more death and destruction. The Smokehouse Fire is the largest of several major fires burning in the rural Panhandle section of the state. It has charred 1,300 square miles and crossed into Oklahoma. Containment was at just 3% late Wednesday. Authorities have not said what ignited the fires, but strong winds, dry grass and unseasonab...

CANADIAN, Texas -- A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches.

CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history,

Authorities have not said what ignited the blaze, known as the Smokehouse Creek Fire, which has burned since Monday and expanded in size with ferocious speed

Authorities have not said what ignited the fires, but strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures have fed the flames.

CANADIAN, Texas -- A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches.