🚨🚨🚨EVACUATION ORDER: Rapidly expanding wildfires in the Texas Panhandle prompt warnings Texas | USA

Surging wildfires fueled by strong winds and dry grass in unseasonably warm temperatures prompted safety warnings for residents of several towns and at least one evacuation order in the far northern part of the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties and ordered the state to activate emergency response assistance to support local firefighters.

“Texans are urged to limit activities that could create sparks and take precautions to keep their loved ones safe,” Abbott said.

One of the fires dubbed the Smokehouse Creek Fire, has already burned more than 300 square miles and is 0% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The fire has more than doubled its size since it sparked Monday.