Many #Texas #Panhandle residents whose dwellings and possessions burned in the region’s ongoing #wildfires may never financially recover for one simple reason: Their homes weren’t insured.

#Wildfire updates:
#SmokehouseCreekFire
1,058,482 acres, 87% contained

#WindyDeuceFire
144,045 acres, 92% contained

#GrapeVineCreekFire
34,883 acres, 96% contained

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/04/texas-wildfires-homes-burned-recovery-insurance/

Many homes burned in the Texas wildfires weren’t insured, creating a steep path to recovery

Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers.

The Texas Tribune

#texas #Wildfires

#SmokehouseCreekFire
1,058,570 acres, 87% contained

#WindyDeuceFire
144,206 acres, 92% contained

#GrapeVineCreekFire
34,883 acres, 96% contained

6,650 heads of cattle were reported lost as of Thursday

📸 Julio Cortez/AP

#Texas #Wildfires - #Wildfire

#SmokehouseCreekFire in Hutchinson County
1,059,570 acres, 74% contained

#WindyDeuceFire in Moore County
142,206 acres, 89% contained

#GrapeVineCreekFire in Gray County
34,882 acres, 96% containe

#RoughneckFire in Hutchinson County
355 acres, 100% contained

#MagentaFire in Oldham County
3,297 acres, 100% contained

#Texas #Wildfires - #Wildfire

#SmokehouseCreekFire in Hutchinson County
1,059,570 acres, 44% contained

#WindyDeuceFire in Moore County
142,206 acres, 81% contained

#GrapeVineCreekFire in Gray County
34,882 acres, 77% containe

#RoughneckFire in Hutchinson County
355 acres, 100% contained

#MagentaFire in Oldham County
3,297 acres, 100% contained

STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER MILLER HONORING FRITCH FIRE CHIEF ZEB SMITH AND OUR FRONTLINE HEROES IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

"I am deeply saddened by the loss of one of our courageous frontline heroes in the Texas Panhandle. Fritch Fire Chief Zeb Smith made the ultimate sacrifice while battling to contain the devastation plaguing our community."

Texas Department of Agriculture Website

#Texas #Panhandle #Wildfires #Wildfire

#SmokehouseCreekFire
1,075,000 acres, 3% contained
(Including ~25,000 acres burned in #Oklahoma)

#687ReamerFire has merged with the Smokehouse Creek Fire

#WindyDeuceFire
142,000 acres, 30% contained

#GrapeVineCreekFire
30,000 acres, 60% contained

#MagentaFire
2,500 acres, 65% contained

#Texas #Wildfires

#SmokehouseCreekFire
500,000 acres
0% contained

#WindyDeuceFire
38,000 acres
20% contained

#GrapeVineCreekFire
30,000 acres
60% contained

#687ReamerFire
2,000 acres
10% contained

#MagentaFire
2,000 acres
40% contained

#Nebraska #Wildfire

#BettysWayFire [North Platte]
71,022 acres
72% contained

#BREAKING: Watch Duty has emergency deployed in Texas ahead of schedule due to the horrific wind-driven fires in the #Texas Panhandle. We can’t sit idly by and watch another town overrun by wildfire without giving communities life-saving information needed to make informed decisions. Be safe! #txwx #txfire

#GrapevineCreekFire https://share.watchduty.org/i/16561

#SmokehouseCreekFire https://share.watchduty.org/i/16557

#WindyDeuceFire https://share.watchduty.org/i/16560

https://x.com/watchdutyapp/status/1762608214208569843?s=20

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Watch Duty:

#BREAKING: Watch Duty has emergency deployed in Texas ahead of schedule due to the horrific wind-driven fires in the #Texas Panhandle. We can’t sit idly by and watch another town overrun by wildfire without giving communities life-saving information needed to make informed decisions. Be safe! #txwx #txfire

#GrapevineCreekFire https://share.watchduty.org/i/16561

#SmokehouseCreekFire https://share.watchduty.org/i/16557

#WindyDeuceFire https://share.watchduty.org/i/16560

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#Texas #Wildfires 02/26 - 02/27/24

#WindyDeuceFire ~4,000 acres, 5% contained

#SmokehouseCreekFire ~40,000 acres, 0% contained

#GrapeVineCreekFire ~30,000 acres, 15% contained

#MANorthStinnettFire ~3,000 acres, 5% contained

#JulietPassFire ~2,960 acres, 90% contained