CANYON – Driving just a few miles south of the Canyon suburbs on Friday, fields of dry grass turned black where fire had burned through roads and fence lines the night before.
A blaze in Randall County, dubbed the Hunggate Fire, was believed to have been ignited by a lightning strike. By Friday afternoon, according to the Forest Service, the fire had burned 14,300 acres near the community of Canyon and prompted multiple evacuations within a 24-hour period. The wildfires were still blazing by Friday night and the exact impact was still being discovered.
Officials with the National Weather Service said conditions are so dry and there’s potential for more thunderstorms with lightning and very little rain…