The largest wildfires in U.S. history

The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas is already the largest in the state’s history, and it’s still burning. And while everything may be bigger in Texas, the state does not claim the biggest wildfires in U.S. history.

Texas Panhandle wildfire: Largest fire in state history claims 2 lives

The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle has now burned more than 1 million acres and has claimed the lives of two women.

Wildfires burn nearly 50,000 acres in Southern France
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Wildfires in the Gironde region of France have burned 19,300 hectares (47,691 acres) and forced the evacuation of 35,000 people as of July 19, 2022, according to local authorities. Credit: Sapeurs-Pompiers 33 via Storyful

Biden speaks at Seattle's Seward Park on Earth Day 2022
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President Joe Biden visited Seattle, Washington, on Earth Day 2022 to give remarks and signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests devastated by wildfires and drought.

"Struggling to believe": Colorado wildfires destroy communities, officials give update
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High winds Thursday wreaked havoc throughout the Front Range, overturning big rigs, causing power outages, destroying structures and helping spark what has already become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.