Million-acre wildfires ignited by power lines
Two wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle were caused by downed power lines, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
Two wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle were caused by downed power lines, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
I keep waiting for this story to happen, but it never has. I’m tired of waiting to break the big exclusive, so the heck with it. I’ll write it anyway: Baseball representatives from the Houston Astros, the Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies converged in Lufkin this past week to announce the signing of Bubba “Little Dude” Smith, the phenom taking the baseball world by storm.
A wildfire in the Texas Panhandle has consumed more than 1 million acres and as of Sunday was just 15% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. It is the largest wildfire in Texas history.
In the wee hours of March 9, 1916, peasant guerrillas cut a hole in the international fence 60 miles from El Paso and scurried toward Columbus, N.M.. A desperate Pancho Villa had launched the first armed invasion of the United States since the War of 1812.
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