Increased wildfire potential for Texas Panhandle

Increased wildfire potential for Texas Panhandle
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…