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- A massive wildfire is tearing through the Texas Panhandle and part of Oklahoma, destroying homes and forcing residents to evacuate. Meanwhile, several other wildfires are burning nearby. At least one person in Texas has died as the result of the fires, an official has said.
- The Smokehouse Creek Fire has scorched more than 850,000 acres of land in Texas and another 31,000 acres in Oklahoma since igniting Monday afternoon and is 3% contained, according to state forest services. It’s now the second-largest fire in Texas state history.
- The extent of the damage from the fires is still being assessed, but homes had burned in Oklahoma and at least two Texas towns. One Hemphill County, Texas, official said “homes have burned in almost every direction.”
- Parts of multiple Texas counties were ordered evacuated Tuesday or told to shelter-in-place as the fire encroached on populated areas.
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