More than 50 people sue oil and natural gas company over Windy Deuce Fire

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) — More than 50 people have filed lawsuits over the Windy Deuce fire that burned 144,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle in 2024.

The lawsuits claim restructuring officers for Polaris Operating, LLC were negligent and did not shut off power or conduct inspections during the time of heightened risk.

On February 26, 2024, an ignition involving electrical distribution lines occurred near US Highway 87.

The power lines then ignited what became known as the Windy Deuce Fire.

The lawsuits seek damages for the following:

• Mental anguish;
• Reasonable and necessary cost of medical care and treatment;
• Physical impairment and disfigurement;
• Lost earning capacity;
• Value of real and personal property destroyed by the fire;
• Replacement value of personal property destroyed by the fire;
• Cost to repair personal property damaged by the fire in question’
• Loss of personal and real property because of the damaged caused by the fire’
• Cost to repair real property damaged by the fire’
• Actual and intrinsic value of vegetation destroyed by the fire’
• Prejudgment and post-judgment interest; and
• Exemplary damages.

The plaintiffs ask for monetary relief of over $1 million.

Those involved in the lawsuits deny the claim of negligence.

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