Deadly The biggest wildfire in Texas history, consuming 1 million acres, rages uncontrollably while more infernos grow out of control.

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At least one person has died as a result of the devastating infernos tearing through the Texas Panhandle, which also pose a threat to additional homes, businesses, and livestock as the biggest wildfire in state history consumes more acreage every minute.

With almost 1 million acres burned, the Texas Smokehouse Creek Fire has surpassed the 2006 East Amarillo Complex fire to become the state’s largest fire ever. According to fire officials on Thursday morning, it is only 3% contained.

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CNN —At least one person has died as a result of the devastating infernos tearing through the Texas Panhandle, which also pose a threat to additional homes, businesses, and livestock as the biggest wildfire in state history consumes more acreage every minute.

The Smokehouse Creek Fire has now burned over 900,000 acres in Texas and Oklahoma, which is more than Rhode Island’s total area. The most of its devastation has occurred in northern Texas, where the fire in Hutchinson County claimed the life of Joyce Blankenship, 83 years of age according to her relatives.

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According to the Oklahoma Forestry Service, as of Wednesday afternoon, the fire had burned at least 31,590 acres in Oklahoma.

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