The state is battling its 'largest and most destructive fire in Texas history,' and the blaze is only 3% contained, officials said.
In the Texas Panhandle, lampposts are now melted, power line posts are split in half and homes and properties have been reduced to charred remains. The Smokehouse Creek Fire that broke out on Monday has since extended to 1.1 million acres, firefighters said Thursday, quickly becoming the 'largest and most destructive' in state history. The West Odessa Volunteer Fire Department said overnight that the fire, located in Hutchinson County, grew to 1.
The fires temporarily shut down Pantex, the main facility that puts together the country's nuclear arsenal, but the facility, located about 30 miles east of the Panhandle city of Amarillo, is back to 'normal day shift operations.' No damage or issues were reported. Wildfires as a whole are anticipated to only get worse as the world continues to burn fossil fuels that release planet-warming greenhouse gases.
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