Massive wildfires cause evacuations in Texas panhandle

Name: Massive wildfires cause evacuations in Texas panhandle
Uploaded: 2024-02-27T19:06:00-0600
Duration: 30 s
Description: Evacuations are underway in Fritch, just one of four wildfires burning in the panhandle. The Texas A&M Forest Service says the wind-driven deuce fire is only 20% contained. More than 8,000 acres have burned. The largest fire currently burning is the Smokehouse Creek fire, northeast of Amarillo. Gov. Abbott issued a disaster declaration because of the fires.

Evacuations are underway in Fritch, just one of four wildfires burning in the panhandle. The Texas A&M Forest Service says the wind-driven deuce fire is only 20% contained. More than 8,000 acres have burned. The largest fire currently burning is the Smokehouse Creek fire, northeast of Amarillo. Gov. Abbott issued a disaster declaration because of the fires.