Following the three large wildfires that took over the panhandle Monday night, multiple agencies across the region have extended help.
The South Plains chapter of red cross opened up a shelter near the fire in Potter County, that spread more than 30,000 acres. Laura Hann said volunteers said food and cots were provided for families who were displaced.
“We have clients who are really facing the worst moment of their lives, their entire home has burned to the ground, their entire community has drastically changed in a way that they we were not expecting two days ago,” Hann said.
Division Chief Steve Holland with the Lubbock Fire Department said fire departments in the panhandle reached out to them and requested a two week deployment, but they had to unfortunately deny the request due to current fire hazard conditions in Lubbock.
“We’ve got the potential for fire weather in the Lubbock area later this week and our first responsibility is the people of Lubbock and the property
“Coming up in a few days we’ve got the potential for fire weather here in the Lubbock area and you know our first responsibility is the citizens of Lubbock,” Holland said. “The decision was made that we couldn’t send equipment and personnel to be gone for that length of time.”
The Texas A&M Forest Service sent out three dozers, one maintainer, two fire engines, and 25 men to help put out the fire in Amarillo.
