The Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma regions of the United States face devastation due to several huge wildfires that have burned more than one million acres of farmland and ranchland this week. The fires have devastated cattle ranches, destroyed homes and left a blackened landscape in their wake.
Wildfires began last Monday and continued to burn late into the week through portions of the Texas Panhandle as hot and dry conditions persisted. The largest fire, Smokehouse Creek, burned almost 1.1 million acres, making it the largest wildfire in state history. As of Friday afternoon, the…