On February 26, 27 and 28, 2024, high winds and low humidity created ideal conditions for wildfires that spread rapidly across the Texas Panhandle and into western Oklahoma. The same weather conditions led to smaller fires across the state. Within this 3-day period, 16 fires of varying sizes were combated across the state, affecting a total of 170,271 acres (reported as of March 6)[1]. The largest fire in the two-state area was the Smokehouse Creek Fire, which claimed an estimated 1,059,570 acres in Texas and Oklahoma. The Smokehouse Creek Fire is the largest recorded fire in Texas history. Of that total, the Smokehouse Creek Fire burned an estimated 31,596 acres in Roger Mills and Ellis counties in Oklahoma. However, on the same day, the Catesby Fire burned an estimated 90,699 acres in Ellis County and the Slapout Fire burned an estimated 26,048 acres in Beaver County. Total damages from western county fires were estimated to be $32.9 million.