Texas files lawsuit against utility company over historic wildfire caused by downed power lines
Texas is suing the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state history.
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Texas is suing the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state history.
83-year-old Joyce Blankenship died when the Smokehouse Creek fire enveloped her neighborhood.
It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in state history.
With so many animals hurt and killed North Texas rancher Garret Duvall says he was losing hope until he met a small calf crying for help.
A fresh wildfire broke out Sunday in the Texas Panhandle.
A new lawsuit claims a falling utility pole caused the tragic Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle.
Abbott, who spoke from the Panhandle town of Borger, said that hundreds of structures have been lost, and "there's nothing left but ashes on the ground."
The Smokehouse Creek Fire is now the largest wildfire in Texas history, burning a total of 1,075,000 acres across Texas and Oklahoma.
Thursday night, Gov. Abbott granted temporary waivers to state regulations to assist in wildfire response.
Firefighters are struggling for control of this system that has scorched over 1 million square acres. That's more than Dallas and Tarrant counties, combined.
Cindy Owen was in Pampa, Texas for work when she got stuck on the road, surrounded by fire.
Footage from Turkey Track Ranch shows cattle running away from orange flames and plumes of black and gray smoke.
Families and homes are being threatened by five wildfires still uncontained.
North Texas firefighters are on the ground in the Panhandle pitching in to help contain the wildfires which have already reached Oklahoma.
