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Texas Panhandle Wildfires Wreak Havoc on the State’s Agriculture Industry

Inside Climate News · By Kiley Price · last updated
Fires in the Texas Panhandle are expected to kill thousands of cattle, putting the state’s agriculture industry at risk.

By Kiley Price

For the past week, the Texas Panhandle has been covered in flames. The ongoing inferno—the largest wildfire in the state’s history—has burned up nearly 1.3 million acres of land, and firefighters have only managed to contain 15 percent of it as of Sunday. 

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