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Massive Texas Panhandle wildfires melt lampposts, char homes

The Smokehouse Creek Fire that is blazing in the Texas Panhandle started in Hutchinson County and has grown to an estimated 500,000 acres, officials said. It's among the wildfires that are burning in the Panhandle. Matthew Ford, a public information officer for Texas A&M Forest Service, joins CBS News with the latest.
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