Firefighters in North Texas Wake to Snow

Firefighters sent to battle the 1,075,000-acre Smokehouse Creek fire, one of the largest wildfires in Texas history, woke to snowfall on Thursday morning, February 29.

The National Weather Service said snow accumulations could reach 2 inches in parts of the southwest Texas Panhandle by Thursday afternoon.

Footage shows snow falling in the Amarillo area on Thursday morning. Credit: Texarkana Texas Fire Department via Storyful

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