Texas Panhandle wildfires: What you need to know about the blazes, damage and recovery

The full scope of damage still isn’t known, but some Panhandle residents have returned home. Firefighters continue battling the infernos.
  • Texas Panhandle wildfires: What you need to know about the blazes, damage and recovery
    Texas Panhandle wildfires: What you need to know about the blazes, damage and recovery

    The largest wildfire in Texas history has burned nearly 1.1 million acres in the Panhandle, killing thousands of livestock, incinerating crops and destroying hundreds of structures along its path.

    The Texas A&M Forest Service had not yet provided an update Monday on the size and condition of the record-setting Smokehouse Creek fire, which crews are still battling. As of Sunday evening, firefigh…