The panel of three lawmakers and two residents will also look at disaster preparedness.
Charred ground left by the Smokehouse Creek fire Sunday, March. 3, 2024, after it burned through Currie Smiths ranch in Hemphill County.is creating a legislative committee to investigate the Texas Panhandle wildfires to ensure the state is prepared for future disasters. His Tuesday announcement comes more than two weeks after the deadly infernos first started burning more than 1 million acres in the region.
Hundreds of homes are believed to have been damaged or destroyed in the series of wildfires that have devastated the region. Manyfor an investigation into the fires earlier this month when he was in Canadian, where the Smokehouse Creek fire left much of Hemphill County in ruins. The fire, which is the largest in Texas history, started on Feb. 26 along with a string of others that have left the region in devastation.
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