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LUBBOCK — Spring rains have revived much of the green grass covering stretches of plains in the Texas Panhandle — the same land that, just three months ago, was black

Short of an immediate statewide response, Texans who lost homes and livestock are taking matters into their own hands to better prepare their property for a wildfire.

A special Texas House committee investigating the Panhandle wildfires published its final report Wednesday

A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state’s largest wildfire in history.

The five-member committee made up of three House members and two landowners also found that a lack of readily available air support, ineffective communication from faulty equipment and coordination among

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By JAYME LOZANO CARVER, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas

A lack of air support and ineffective coordination hurt efforts to contain this year's Panhandle fires, the committee said.

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