Texas wildfire engulfs record 1.1 million acres, marks state’s largest blaze ever
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A colossal fire rages across the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma, engulfing nearly 1.1 million acres (equivalent to 1,700 square miles) and becoming the largest fire in Texas history.
Named the Smokehouse Creek Fire, it’s so massive that it can be seen from space.
The imagery depicting thermal hotspots associated with the Smokehouse Creek Fire is a false color visualization. This type of image highlights areas of the infrared spectrum sensitive to fire activity.
It was captured by GOES-16, a satellite positioned approximately 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the Earth’s surface.
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“The reason that this fire got so big so fast is we had a goldilocks collection of circumstances, which is low relative humidity, dry [trees and grass] and high winds,” says Sean Dugan, a Texas A&M Forest Service public information officer.
So far, the fire has scorched over a million acres in Texas and an extra 25,000 acres in Oklahoma. Local media reports indicate at least one fatality and an undisclosed number of homes destroyed.
Tens of thousands of cattle are believed to have perished. The Texas Panhandle houses approximately 85% of the state’s cattle population, per the Texas Department of Agriculture.
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