Texas governor issues disaster declaration as wildfires grow in Panhandle

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Texas governor issues disaster declaration as wildfires grow in Panhandle - Lemmy.World

> a 250,000 acre blaze burning in Hutchinson County. A nuclear weapons facility in the Texas Panhandle said it had evacuated some staff Tuesday amid wind-fueled wildfires that covered thousands of acres and prompted the governor to issue a disaster declaration. The Pantex Plant, which handles nuclear weapons, said it was monitoring the situation but that there was no fire on the plant site. All weapons were safe and unaffected, the facility said.

Is it not winter there? Are there often wildfires at this time of year?
This past winter was the warmest winter ever recorded in human history.
Until next year.