Texas fire live updates: Dry weather and strong winds threatened to intensify state's largest ever wildfire

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47% : "Some 600 people in Hemphill County -- just northeast of where the Smokehouse Creek fire began -- are without power as of Friday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us.Friday 1 March 2024 18:20 , Katie HawkinsonThe National Weather Service is forecasting strong winds and low humidity in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico this weekend.
45% : "Some 500 people in Hemphill County -- just northeast of where the Smokehouse Creek fire began -- are without power as of late Friday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us.A 120-year-old cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle lost about 80 per cent of its land to the fires this week, the managers of the Turkey Track Ranch said in a statement.
43% : Read more from The Independent:Woman killed as Smokehouse Creek fire destroys 1 million acres of TexasThursday 29 February 2024 19:20 , Katie HawkinsonNearly 1,000 homes are without power in Hemphill County, where the Smokehouse Creek fire is devastating the city of Canadian, Texas, according to PowerOutage.us.

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