Smokehouse Creek fire in North Texas is only 3% contained. The enormous blaze has already burned 344,000 hectares.
In the small town of Stinnett, an 83-year-old grandmother died in the fire. The fire is moving at a speed of two football fields per second, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers says. US President Joe Biden is being kept informed of the situation, with the White House in contact with authorities on the front lines of the fire, spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre says.