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I write today following up on the post I wrote on February 28th on the wildfires in the Texas panhandle and northwest Oklahoma. At the time that I am writing this update on the Smokehouse Fire, currently burning in the Texas panhandle with a portion burning in northwest Oklahoma, has burned 1,075,000 acres and is at 3 percent containment. Evacuations and closures in Canadian, Texas have been lifted. Kelly Robinson of Wildfire Today wrote in a post on the afternoon of February 28th that
"Officials are warning those who evacuated from the town of Fritch ahead of the Smokehouse Creek Fire that destruction there is considerable. 'People who live in the Fritch area are probably not going to be prepared for what they’re going to see as they pull into town,' said Deidra Thomas with the Hutchinson County Emergency Management. 'There are still homes that are on fire.' The main road into the south side of Fritch is still closed. 'Right now, we can’t let you in,” she said. “It is not safe to do that.'"
In a post today, February 29th, Kelly Anderson shares some drone footage, a satellite image of the fires in Oklahoma and Texas. He also reports on a prior prescribed burn, "Officials with Borger’s Office of Emergency Management said the prescribed burn prevented a fire flank from spreading into the southern parts of the town, including the Meadowlark, Country Club, and Bunavista areas."
Thanks to my friends at the New Jersey Forest Fire Service Section B10 who shared this video on their website today about the destruction caused by the wildfires in western Oklahoma.
Direct link to video from News9 on YouTube
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