Smokehouse Creek Fire
2024 wildfire in Texas and Oklahoma
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The Smokehouse Creek Fire is an ongoing and record-breaking wildfire affecting the northeastern Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma that started on February 26, 2024. The fire has affected numerous communities in Hemphill and Roberts counties, including the town of Canadian. As of March 7, 2024, the fire has burned approximately 1,058,482 acres and is 74 percent contained, making it the largest wildfire on record in Texas's history as well as the largest wildfire in the United States during 2024. It is one of multiple fires burning in an outbreak of wind-driven wildfires in the Great Plains. So far there have been 2 fatalities reported, 1 in the town of Stinnett, Texas, about 74 mi (119 km) northeast of Amarillo, and the other in the town of Canadian, Texas.
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