Texas scorched by massive wildfires In this handout photo provided by the Texas A&M Forest Service, fire crosses a road in the Smokehouse Creek fire on the evening of February 27, 2024 in the Texas panhandle. The blaze has grown to more than 850,000 acres since igniting Monday, making it the second largest wildfire in Texas state history. (Photo by Texas A&M Forest Service via Getty Images) (Handout/Getty Images)