Snow falls as Texas battles historic wildfires
A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in their desperate efforts to corral a blaze that has grown into the largest in state history.










































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A burnt yucca plant stands off Highway 83 on Thursday, Feb. 29, in Canadian, Texas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Electrical crews rebuild power poles on state Highway 33, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Canadian, Texas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A business was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Stinnett, Texas. A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow covers a home that was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire in Stinnett, Texas on Thursday, Feb. 29. The wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched grassland, dead cattle and burned out homes and gave firefighters a brief window of relief in desperate efforts to corral the blaze.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow covers a home that was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire in Stinnett, Texas on Thursday, Feb. 29. The wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched grassland, dead cattle and burned out homes and gave firefighters a brief window of relief in desperate efforts to corral the blaze.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow covers a home that was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire in Stinnett, Texas on Thursday, Feb. 29. The wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched grassland, dead cattle and burned out homes and gave firefighters a brief window of relief in desperate efforts to corral the blaze.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clean up continues at a home destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Canadian, Texas. A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Classmates and friends help clean up at the Sanchez residence that was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Canadian, Texas. A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Morgan Brady helps clean up at the Sanchez residence that was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Canadian, Texas. A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Classmates and friends help clean up at the Sanchez residence that was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Canadian, Texas. A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A member of the Texas A&M Forest Service surveys a home destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Stinnett, Texas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A fire official from Lubbock, Texas, helps put out smoldering debris of a home destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Stinnett, Texas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fire officials from Lubbock, Texas, help put out smoldering debris of a home destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Stinnett, Texas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow covers a charred vehicle on a property destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Stinnett, Texas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Charred remains are visible after a property was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Stinnett, Texas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An animal hangs from a barbed wire fence as snow covers a field burned by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Stinnett, Texas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firefighters work through rubble of burned homes from the Smokehouse Creek fire in Stinnett, Texas on Thursday, Feb. 29. A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes and gave firefighters a brief window of relief in desperate efforts to corral the blaze.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow covers a cow killed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Fritch, Texas. A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A vehicle travels southbound on a snow-covered Texas Route 136, Thursday, Feb. 29, in Amarillo, Texas. A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Charred tree trunks smolder after the Smokehouse Creek Fire burned through the area Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Canadian, Texas.