Crews also planned to do an aerial recon effort on Tuesday for the “Smokehouse Creek” fire, said Brod, and would continue to be prepared to respond to any further fires that start in the area.

The Smokehouse Creek Fire has merged with another blaze and ... the air across the sparsely populated region. The smoke delayed aerial surveillance of the damage in some areas.

An curved arrow pointing right. A massive fire in Texas has burned more than half a million acres of land. The Smokehouse House Creek Fire is the second-largest fire in the state's history ...

Charred vehicles sit at an auto body shop after the property was burned by the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Wednesday in ... The smoke delayed aerial surveillance of the damage in some areas, but ...