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Panhandle Wildfires

Legislation creating statewide emergency communication system advances in Texas House

The legislation was written after the state’s largest wildfire scorched more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle last year.

The Rolling Pines Fire blazes through Bastrop State Park on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

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