The fire in Texas burned 500,000 hectares of forest
A wildfire in the city of Amarillo, located in the northwest of the state of Texas, USA, led to the evacuation and power outage of thousands of homes
This fire destroyed about 500,000 hectares of forest. Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties in the state
According to NBC, this incident is considered the second largest wildfire in the history of the state of Texas