"Texas wildfire - rising temperatures, winds and dry air hamper firefighting - Personnel battle to keep largest wildfire in state history from turning more of the #Panhandle into a parched wasteland
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The massive #fire has left a charred landscape of scorched #prairie and dead cattle and destroyed as many as 500 structures, including burned-out homes, in the Texas Panhandle. It has merged with another fire and crossed the state line into #Oklahoma, burning more than 1,700 sq miles (4,400 sq km) and was 15% contained, the Texas A&M forest service said Saturday."