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Multiple wildfires are scorching over half a million acres in the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma, forcing thousands of evacuations and power outages.
The firefighters could be in the Panhandle for two weeks. The 3% contained Smokehouse Creek Fire ignited Monday and has already burned through 850,000 acres.
The largest Smokehouse Creek fire is 0 per cent contained as of early Wednesday morning and is estimated to be 500,000 acres, making it the second-largest blaze in state history
The San Angelo Fire Department shared a post on social media from The Canadian Record reporting that fire crews sent from San Angelo made it to Canadian.
Wildfires continued to burn Wednesday through portions of the Texas Panhandle as hot and dry conditions were expected to persist, and the largest fire grew to half a million acres