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 ...

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.

The legislation, which won unanimous approval in both chambers, was written following the state’s historic Panhandle ...

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.

Wildfires can leave a path of devastation in their wake—and the Smokehouse Creek Fire was no exception. As one of the largest wildfires in Texas history, it caused widespread damage, displaced ...

A year earlier and almost 800km to the northwest, Texas’ Smokehouse Creek Fire ate up more than 400,000ha in the Panhandle, marking the largest wildfire in the state’s history. A couple of ...

Xcel Energy increased its estimated liability associated with the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas and Oklahoma to $290 million after adding in recent settlements involving railroad claims and ...

Wildfires that ripped across the Texas Panhandle left in their wake destroyed homes, blackened earth, downed power lines and wandering livestock. But also, an outpouring of support that arrived by the ...

CANADIAN, Texas (KAMR/KCIT ... He said the atmosphere is a lot different this year than last after the Smokehouse Creek Fire. “It was pretty difficult at that time, we were still raw ...