Panhandle wildfire rages through more than 1 million acres, becomes largest in Texas History

STATE OF TEXAS

CARLOS NOGUERAS RAMOS & ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Texas firefighters on Thursday struggled to contain a series of wildfires in the Panhandle that have now engulfed more than 1 million acres of land and crossed into Oklahoma — an area larger than the state of Rhode Island, making the fire the largest in Texas history.