![]() The Smokehouse Creek Fire has covered around 98% of 5,394 acres of the Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area, which is located along the Canadian River in the Northern Rolling Plains of Hemphill County, according to a news release from Texas Parks & Wildlife. ![]() “The loss of livestock, crops and wildlife, … as well as other ranches and homes across the region is, we believe, unparalleled in our history,” the Turkey Track Ranch Family Group said in a statement. The Turkey Track Ranch, nicknamed the Prize of the Panhandle, is also the site of Battles of Adobe Walls of 18. A ranch with a 120-year history says about 80% of its nearly 80,000 acres have burned.Greg Abbott authorized additional state resources to fight the blazes, including 94 fire fighting personnel, 33 fire engines and six air tankers. President Joe Biden committed to helping those affected by the wildfires Thursday, while also using his remarks to call out his “Neanderthal friends” who don’t believe in climate change.Related video Why climate change makes wildfires worse The 687 Reamer Fire burned more than 2,000 acres before merging into the Smokehouse Creek Fire Thursday.The Magenta Fire is also still burning and has seared 2,500 acres and is 65% contained.The Grape Vine Creek Fire has charred 30,000 acres and is 60% contained.The portion of the Smokehouse Creek Fire that jumped into Oklahoma is now 40% contained there, Oklahoma Forestry Services spokesperson Keith Merckx told CNN on Thursday evening.In addition to the mammoth Smokehouse Creek Fire, the Windy Deuce Fire in Texas has torched 142,000 acres and was 50% contained as of early Thursday afternoon.More than 85% of cattle in Texas are raised in the Panhandle, according to agricultural officials. In Hemphill County alone, 400,000 acres are burned, scores of homes have been destroyed and thousands of cattle have died, Hemphill County AgriLife Extension agent Andy Holloway said.A telephone pole burns from the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Wednesday in Canadian, Texas.
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