Texas struggles to contain state's biggest-ever wildfire
Flames roaring across the Texas Pahnandle have claimed at least two lives and consumed homes and livestock.
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Flames roaring across the Texas Pahnandle have claimed at least two lives and consumed homes and livestock.
(CNN) — Catastrophic wildfires ripping across the Texas Panhandle have killed at least two people and threaten to destroy more homes, cattle and livelihoods as the biggest inferno in state
The second-largest fire in Texas history continues to burn Thursday, with the deadly blaze – already bigger than Rhode Island – and several others destroying scores of homes in the state’s panhandle and killing thousands of cattle.
By Joe Sutton, Steve Almasy, Holly Yan and Robert Shackelford, CNN
The Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to more than 1 million acres in Texas, making it the largest fire on record in the state, surpassing the East Amarillo Complex fire