Amarillo TX

Residents across Randall County are sharing their experiences after the Hungate Fire moved quickly through the area this week, forcing many to prepare for possible evacuations.

Good Saturday evening everyone! After waking up to a clear sky with lows in the upper 50’s and low 60’s.  Mostly sunny skies are expected with occasionally breezy southwest winds of 10 to 20 mph.  Afternoon temperatures will respond, heating up into the 90’s and low 100’s.  Amarillo should top out near a high of […]

Crews continue assessing damage after three homes were reported destroyed.

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Amarillo Fire Department released information regarding a structure fire that was quickly extinguished this morning. According to AFD, at around 12:25 a.m. today, crews were dispatched to a structure fire and arrived four minutes later at a home in northeast Amarillo. On arrival at 915

Over 511 000 people are inside the Extremely Critical area, including Amarillo, Texas, and Clovis, New Mexico on May 17. A broader Critical fire weather area covers 292 630 km² (112 985 mi²), with 2 305 781 people inside the risk area, including Albuquerque, Lubbock, Las Cruces, Roswell, and South Valley.

CANYON, Texas (KFDA) - Roger Wilson has called the same piece of land outside Canyon home for 28 years. He built a house, his gun range and his life. When the Hungate Fire swept through Randall County, he lost nearly all of it. Wilson says when he first moved to...

Amidst wildfires impacting 14,000-plus acres of Randall County May 14-15, the city of Canyon released a list of ways people can help those impacted.

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — A corrections officer at the Clements Unit was arrested for DWI after deputies said he was driving the wrong way on I-40 in Amarillo with a blood alcohol concentration more than twice the legal limit. According to the arrest report obtained by ABC 7 News,...

First responders worked a second day straight to contain fast spreading fires, while residents faced waves of smoke and flames, dry and hot weather, road closure detours, evacuations and more uncertainty throughout Friday, May 15 in parts of the Texas Panhandle, including near Amarillo and Canyon. As of 9:21 p.m., all

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.