After starting Monday, the Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle has grown rapidly, reaching over 1300 square miles.
The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle has grown extremely quickly over the past 36 hours and is now one of the largest wildfires ever to burn across the Lone Star State. The fire was first reported by the Texas A&M Forest Service around 2:20 p.m. Monday. The fire started near Stinnett in Hutchinson County and was first reported with a size of 40,000 acres.
As wildfire season gets underway, you can track the latest fires with our Texas fire map Throughout the day Tuesday, very strong westerly winds allowed the fire to grow uncontrollably. Sustained winds were between 30 and 45 mph most of the day, and wind gusts rose to up to 60 mph at times. These winds were the reason why the Smokehouse Fire had grown to 250,000 acres by 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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