New updates as wildfires continue to spread through the Texas Panhandle | Cause still unknown
Multiple spots down in multiple spots. We can’t hold it. Ok. Get out of there. Pull it out. Hey, you pull out, everybody pull out. I shut down 136. Shut it down. I would love to have any and every resource that’s available in this state right now, please. Right now, hundreds of thousands of acres of land are burning in the Texas Panhandle. Governor Greg Abbott answering that call for resources. They need help. And he issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties to push to get the panhandle the help the community needs. Here’s a look at where
those fires are burning in the Panhandle. According to the Texas A and M for services site, there are five fires burning in the Panhandle, all of them north of Amarillo. And the smoke creek fire is the biggest so far, burning 300,000 acres and right now is 0% contained. That fire actually jumped Amarillo. The state lines in Oklahoma, the sky there, orange smoke filled because that fire is just so big. It’s threatening homes, farms, ranches across the area. Evacuation orders are in place for several towns including Canadian Glacier and Higgins. Oh, goodness. Look how quick it’s
spreading. Oh, my gosh. Lord, please bless us hearing in Canadian Ta. Oh, it’s going down there. Oh, goodness. All together the fires near
from Pantex says all weapons and special materials are safe and unaffected. The plant will reopen for normal work hours today. Right now, we know more than 40 homes are burned to some extent. In fritch Texas people living there were told to evacuate. It could take days to fully assess the damage.
