STORMY FIRE STARTER-Clouds rumbled thunder and unleashed a brief windlashed shower on Hereford May 14, then moved eastward bearing only dry lightning that sparked multiple wildfires, including the 34,000 acre Hungate Fire in Randall County that threatened Canyon and Happy.
Local, area firefighters battle wind-fanned flame without hesitation
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.
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 Dimmitt, Hereford, Dawn, Bootleg, Hart and Nazareth responded.
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...
