The Smokehouse Creek Fire is one of five fires that ignited in the Panhandle last week, and as of March 7, has 1,058,000 acres (roughly 1,655 square miles)—an area larger than the state of Rhode Island—and has spread into Oklahoma. In addition to this fire, three others are continuing to burn in Texas this week: thein Texas.
Here, the fires have devastated many ranches, killing thousands of cows and other animals, charring crop lands, and destroying hundreds of homes throughout the small communities in the region, such as Fritch and Canadian. Additionally, the fires have claimed the lives of at least two people. In many parts of Texas, wildfires typically occur during the summer month
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