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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.
Firefighters desperately battling historic and deadly wildfires burning across the Texas Panhandle and the Plains will get a brief – and rather bizarre – wintry assist from the weather Thursday as a blanket of snow falls across the region.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire has merged with another blaze and is 3 percent contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
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.