The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Panhandle — the state's largest wildfire in recorded history — has broken another record: the costliest wildfire in Texas history for agricultural losses.

An curved arrow pointing right. A massive fire in Texas has burned more than half a million acres of land. The Smokehouse House Creek Fire is the second-largest fire in the state's history ...

Just after the one-year anniversary of the largest wildfire in Texas history — the Smokehouse Creek Fire - state lawmakers are working to take steps to ensure such a fire never happens again.

A truck and house destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire are seen, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Stinnett, Texas. The wildfire became the largest in state history at over one million acres.

Texas lawmakers are proposing new bills to prevent future wildfires like the Smokehouse Creek Fire. One bill, HB 143, aims to regulate electrical power lines serving oil and gas operations ...