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The explosive growth of the second-largest wildfire in Texas history slowed as snow fell and winds and temperatures dipped, but the massive blaze was still untamed and threatening more death and destruction.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire has merged with another blaze and is 3 percent contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle has now burned more than 1 million acres.
The fire's explosive growth slowed as snow, winds and temperatures fell, but it was still untamed and threatening more death and destruction.
A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes and gave firefighters a brief window of relief in desperate efforts to corral the blaze.