Fast-Spreading Wildfires in Texas Panhandle Prompt Evacuations
CANADIAN, Texas — The second-largest wildfire on record in Texas raged across 850,000 acres Wednesday, as firefighters from around the state tried to contain it. The blaze has consumed houses, burned vast ranch lands, killed livestock and forced evacuations across the sparsely populated Texas Panhandle.
J. David Goodman and Miglena Sternadori, New York Times