Texas "Monster" Wildfire - Raging Inferno. Firefighters battle extreme weather.

Hey there, it's been pretty tough out here in the Texas Panhandle lately. I've been seeing some serious wildfires tearing through the land. Five big ones have already chewed up more than 1.25 million acres of ground. The worst one, up in Coptule Creek, north of Stinnett, has gobbled up over a million acres all by itself. That's the biggest fire Texas has ever seen.Show more

So, what's causing all this chaos? Well, on February 26, we had some crazy strong winds and super dry conditions. A meteorologist named Samuel Scoleri said it was like the perfect recipe for wildfires. Some places were hit with winds over 60 miles per hour!

Things got so bad that on February 27, the governor had to declare a state of disaster for 60 counties. The fires were spreading like crazy, eating up land at a rate of two football fields per second! People had to evacuate to stay safe.

The situation got really scary when the flames got close to a nuclear weapons facility near Amarillo. They had to shut down operations there to keep everyone safe.

Luckily, on Thursday, a little bit of snow fell over the fire zones, which helped slow things down. Firefighters were able to make some progress, increasing containment from 3% to 15%. But then, over the weekend, the bad weather came back – warm, dry, and windy. That just made things harder for the firefighters.

The governor said that around 500 buildings have already been destroyed, and at least five firefighters got hurt trying to stop the flames. Sadly, two people lost their lives in the fire too.

It's not just Texas that's feeling the heat. Over in Oklahoma, 25,000 acres went up in flames too. It's so crazy that you can see the burnt land all the way from space!

And it's not just us. All around the world, there's been a huge increase in these massive fires. Fifty years ago, we didn't even have 'megafires' like this. But now, they're burning over 100,000 acres at a time. One fire in February was ten times bigger than that!

The way these fires spread is like nothing we've ever seen before. It's super fast because of the heat, the drought, and those strong winds. And sometimes, they're nearly impossible to put out. They only stop when there's a lot of rain or when there's nothing left to burn. Experts and firefighters are scratching their heads over this new behavior. They think it might have to do with gases coming out from under the ground, especially along fault lines. If you want to know more about why the Earth is acting up like this, there's a forum called "Global Crisis. The Responsibility" where they talk about it in detail.