As crews fight to keep deadly blazes under control, weather conditions could increase risk of more fires.
‘Took my pride and joy’: Family of North Shore HS football player fatally shot at house party shares his legacyA Chinook helicopter responds to the Roughneck fire near Sanford on March. 3, 2024. Several wildfires have devastated the Panhandle in recent weeks.LUBBOCK — Texas firefighters are gaining more control over the remaining wildfires in the Panhandle, more than two weeks after the infernos first engulfed large swaths of the region and burned more than 1 million acres.
Details on the fire itself — like how much land is still in flames and how much is smoldering — wasn’t available late Monday. According to the forest service, firefighters are still patrolling the area while crews watch containment lines to make sure there’s no heat nearby. Late last week, firefighters began “mopping up” pockets of residual heat, which is when they spray water on hot spots that could further ignite the fire.the size of Rhode Island. At one point, authorized drones were being used by firefighters to see where vulnerable spots were.
Firefighters got the Grape Vine Creek fire under 100% containment by Sunday after it burned nearly 35,000 acres in Gray County.
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