As firefighters battle against strong winds in their efforts to contain the unprecedented wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, humanitarian organizations are pivoting their attention to victims who have lost their homes and livelihoods in the blazes.
A gush of red-colored water spilled from an air tanker on Sunday as it flew over the eastern side of the Smokehouse Creek fire, one of several wildfires that have burned over 1.2 million acres in the northern Texas Panhandle.Residents began clearing affected property on Saturday, and by Sunday the extent of the loss began mounting.
"We don’t have real property like that and we don’t even have hotels that can take care of those things."Winters said the fires remind her of the similar devastating effects from the 2014 fire in Fritch when numerous families also lost their homes and were unable to return."How do you get people back into homes so that they can stay in our community and not have to move somewhere else?" Winters said.During an interview with CNN on Sunday, U.S.
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