Local, area Firefighters battle wind-fanned hell without hesitation

  • HELLISH FURY--A threatening black smokenado swirls behind an emergency vehicle on FM 168 south of Buffalo Lake at the height of May 14 and 15 wildfire raging in Randall County. Multiple fire departments including Hereford, Dawn, Bootleg, Hart and Nazareth responded.
    HELLISH FURY--A threatening black smokenado swirls behind an emergency vehicle on FM 168 south of Buffalo Lake at the height of May 14 and 15 wildfire raging in Randall County. Multiple fire departments including Hereford, Dawn, Bootleg, Hart and Nazareth responded.
  • ROILING PLUMES--Acrid smoke arises from wildfire amidst wind turbines in pasture country along FM 168 south of the Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Smoke plumes could be seen almost to Lubbock.
    ROILING PLUMES--Acrid smoke arises from wildfire amidst wind turbines in pasture country along FM 168 south of the Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Smoke plumes could be seen almost to Lubbock.
    The worst of times brings out the best in the people of the Panhandle.Firefighters and first responders from Hereford, Bootleg Corner, Dawn, Umbarger, Hart, Nazareth, Canyon, Dimmitt and innumerable other departments, local farmers and ranchers, and maintainer operators from several counties rolled into a raging wind-fanned corner of hell without hesitation in recent days. They battled a...

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