Texans Come Together to Deliver Supplies, Hope to Ranchers Devastated by Wildfires

Thousands of cattle and two people lost their lives in a series of wildfires that scorched more than 1.5 million acres before it was finally contained.

Natalie Meeks took this photo of a fence that was burned in the Smokehouse Creek Wildfire that was sparked on Feb. 26, 2024. Courtesy of Natalie Meeks

The Smokehouse Creek wildfire in the Texas Panhandle burned for weeks, turning ranches into ash, killing thousands of head of cattle, and leaving ranchers and farmers on a long road to recovery.

On Feb. 26, Garret Duvall of Wichita Falls told The Epoch Times he got a call from his grandparents, whose ranch is near Pampa, telling him the wildfire was creeping its way toward their ranch.