Increased wildfire potential for Texas Panhandle

Starting Wednesday, Dec. 8, the Panhandle region of Texas is facing extreme fire danger days.

With strong winds sustaining at 30-40 mph and gusts of 50 mph, dry and heavy fuel loading, and drought; this all adds to an extreme fire environment for the Texas Panhandle.

According to Juan Rodriguez, who deals with mitigation and prevention for the Texas A&M Forest Service, they are preparing for the…