Multiple 'high impact, large wildfires' resistant to control are expected in the Texas Panhandle, as the state's largest-ever fire is nearly contained. Wildfire risk remains high due to hot and windy conditions in the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles. Two companies are facing a lawsuit for negligence in maintaining power lines involved in the Smokehouse Creek fire, with Xcel Energy admitting its equipment likely ignited the fire but denying negligence. Wildfire-related lawsuits, including one connected to the 687 Reamer Fire, have reached up to 10.
Wildfire related lawsuits up to 10, includes first connected to 687 Reamer Fire https://t.co/ZCDNk6jdCL
Utility company XCEL Energy said it appears its equipment was involved in igniting that blaze but denied negligence. https://t.co/VoxHGKikTV
Utility company Xcel Energy has said its equipment was likely involved in igniting the Smokehouse Creek fire still burning in the Texas Panhandle, which at one point covered more than 1.2 million acres and was the state’s largest wildfire on record. https://t.co/O9pIxoMiOQ
Two companies are at the center of a lawsuit alleging the companies were negligent in maintaining power lines involved in the ignition of the Smokehouse Creek fire. READ MORE: https://t.co/o7u8vkNJhv
Multiple "high impact, large wildfires" resistant to control could break out across the Texas Panhandle, just as the state's largest-ever fire is nearly contained, officials and forecasters said. https://t.co/IcEhbOCOJd
Wildfire risk remains high in the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles thanks to unusually hot/windy conditions. "Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain..." https://t.co/r5285ov3IG
Multiple "high impact, large wildfires" resistant to control could break out across the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, just as the state's largest-ever fire is nearly contained, officials and forecasters said. https://t.co/RIEBnN2tHl https://t.co/RhJ7hZtqwn