The Texas House committee confirmed in a 48-page report that a decaying power pole snapping and the lack of readily available air support caused the spreading of the Smokehouse Creek wildfire.
Since igniting last Monday, the Smokehouse Creek Fire has incinerated more than 1 million acres of the Texas Panhandle and is still only 15% containedA decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state's largest wildfire in history, a Texas House committeeThe committee also found that a lack of readily available air support, ineffective communication from faulty equipment and coordination among agencies inhibited...
. Following the release of the committee's report, it said they are taking action to mitigate wildfire risk, including updating systems to be more resilient in extreme weather and adjusting wildfire settings on their equipment. Scott McBroom, a Fritch resident, fled his home when the Windy Deuce Fire breached his neighborhood. McBroom and his wife Deana lost everything. It was his childhood home.
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