CNN —The wildfire in Texas has already killed two people, demolished hundreds of structures and obliterated thousands of cattle as it became the biggest blaze in the state’s history.
Some 8 million people across the Central Plains are under “red flag” warnings and temperatures are above normal in the Texas Panhandle.
So far, the Smokehouse Creek Fire has spread across more than 1 million acres and has become the biggest Texas wildfire on record.
And the fire is just one of five blazes currently scorching the Texas Panhandle, destroying as many as 500 structures.
Sunday’s fire weather threat will be greatest for the Texas Panhandle and western Texas, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
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