Texas wildfires live updates: Huge blaze covers 300,000 acres, forcing evacuations and cutting off power

What to know about Texas wildfires

• Wildfires are spreading across the Taxes Panhandle, threatening towns, forcing evacuations and cutting off power to thousands of homes and businesses.
• A fire at Smokehouse Creek, north of Amarillo, has burned through 300,000 acres, more than 450 square miles, and was zero percent contained early this morning. The fire is now twice the size it reached Monday.
• The fires have led to the shutdown and evacuation of a nuclear weapons facility at Pantex out of "an abundance of caution."
• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties and urged Texans "to limit activities that could create sparks and take precautions to keep their loved ones safe."
• Strong winds, unseasonably high temperatures and dry grass are fueling the fires, although rain could arrive tomorrow.