The legislation, which won unanimous approval in both chambers, was written following the state’s historic Panhandle wildfires last year.

The legislation was written after the state’s largest wildfire scorched more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle last year.

In the year following the largest wildfire to every burn in Texas history, Texans across the state have learned many lessons.

When wildfires spark up, it doesn’t take much to turn them from a small burn into a raging inferno.

Among the proposals is a bill that would force more inspections of power lines, which a committee concluded ignited a blaze that burned more than 1 million acres last year.

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Officials in Texas say power lines ignited deadly wildfires across the state’s Panhandle region that destroyed homes and livestock and left a charred landscape last week.

Authorities say a Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died Tuesday while fighting a structure fire.

Gov. Greg Abbott is holding a news conference on Tuesday to provide an update on the efforts to contain the Smokehouse Creek Fire and other wildfires in Texas.

Authorities say a Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died while fighting a house fire.

An influx of hundreds of firefighters and more favorable weather conditions are helping authorities in the Texas Panhandle keep the largest wildfire in state history from threatening more homes and communities.

Firefighters continue to battle the monster Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle on Sunday and a new fire is threatening another small community in the region.

Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions and are focused on containing the northern and eastern perimeter of the fire while protecting life and property.

As several wildfires continue to burn in the Texas Panhandle, many people have the same question: Why aren’t firefighters using planes and helicopters?

A firefighter in the Texas Panhandle came home to find his house engulfed in flames by the same fire he’s fighting.

As firefighters work on their fifth straight day of trying to put out wildfires burning in the Texas Panhandle, the race is on to beat a weather forecast that favors wildfires burning uncontrollably.

Ranchers in the fire-scarred Texas Panhandle are facing a grim task of disposing possibly thousands of dead cattle killed by smoke and flames.

Gov. Greg Abbott will give an update on the largest wildfire breakout in Texas history.

The largest wildfire ever to burn in the State of Texas continues its path of destruction across the Texas Panhandle.

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Gov. Greg Abbott says wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle.

Flames continue to burn through the Texas Panhandle. The Smokehouse Creek Fire has burned over a million acres, the largest recorded fire in Texas history.

The Smokehouse Creek Fire is already the second largest wildfire to ever burn in the state of Texas. By the end of Thursday, it could be the largest ever recorded.

A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history.

The small town of Fritch is again picking through the rubble of a Texas wildfire, a decade after another destructive blaze burned hundreds of homes and left deep scars in the Panhandle community.

The panhandle is still burning Wednesday as the state deals with the second largest wildfire in Texas history.

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60 counties affected

A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle.