2 killed in Texas wildfires

Smokehouse Creek Wildfire, fueled by high winds and dry air since Monday afternoon, has burnt more than 1,075,000 acres and become the largest blaze in Texas history, the Texas A&M Forest Service updated on Thursday. Currently it is only 3 percent contained.

Joyce Blankenship, an 83-year-old grandmother from the town of Stinnett, died in her burned home on Wednesday, local media reported.

Another woman, Cindy Owen, was driving in Texas’ Hemphill County south of Canadian on Tuesday afternoon when flames overtook her, said Sgt. Chris Ray of Texas Department of Public Safety. She was sent…