nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

A firefighter walks a ridge line as a Chinook helicopter flies over ranchland carrying water to dump on the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle after high winds reignited the record breaking fire. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

A horse eats on a fresh bale of hay in Canadian, surrounded by a pen that was damaged and a structure close by destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

A Chinook helicopter dumps water on the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Hemphill County after high winds caused a flare-up. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

Volunteers sort and distribute donated goods at the animal supply point in Canadian. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Disaster Assessment and Recovery agent works outside of an animal supply point setup in Pampa, to help with disaster relief. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

Firefighters battle flames from the reignited Smokehouse Creek fire outside of Miami. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

Texas A&M Forest Service Director Al Davis, right, and Associate Director of Forest Resource Protection and Fire Chief Wes Moorehead, left, prepare for a morning briefing. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent Megan Eikner loads bags of feed onto trucks at the animal supply point located at the Hutchinson County Airport in Borger. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

A Texas A&M Forest Service plane drops water on a wall of flames that reaches into the sky as the Smokehouse Creek fire reignited on March 3 near Miami. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

A Hereford cow drinks from a tank as land burned by the Smokehouse Creek Fire surrounds it. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

A pile of metal and ash sitting in a charred field is all that remains of a trailer destroyed by fire in Fritch. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

nside the Fire Line: Images from the Smokehouse Creek Fire – the Largest Wildfire in Texas History

A melted swing set and a pile of metal and ash are all that’s left of a trailer homestead in Fritch. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

Wildfires that ripped across the Texas Panhandle left in their wake destroyed homes, blackened earth, downed power lines and wandering livestock. But also, an outpouring of support that arrived by the truckloads in the form of hay, feed and fencing materials in addition to warehouses full of supplies for families ...

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