In Texas, wildfires have killed tens of thousands of cattle. This was announced by State Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, writes iz.ru with reference to The Wall Street Journal.
“This will be disastrous for this region,” he said.
In addition to the dead animals, many more were injured. It will not be possible to save them, so they will be euthanized.
The area of fires exceeds 400 000 hectares. On February 29, the Texas Fire Department reported that the Smokehouse Creek wildfire was the largest in state history.
The fire spread to parts of Oklahoma, leading to the evacuation of residents. As a result of fires in Oklahoma, about 13 000 hectares of forest and several homes burned.
On February 28, a state of emergency was declared in Texas. The number of counties under a state of emergency may increase due to hot, dry and windy weather forecast.
The fires also affected the Pantex nuclear weapons assembly plant, which was forced to suspend operations. The company's employees were evacuated.
