As wildfires burn, snow is on the way to the Texas Panhandle These rare winter wildfires come as Texas prepares for an unlikely weather event: historic wildfires met with rain and snow. Charred homes, blackened earth after Texas town revisited by destructive wildfire 10 years later FRITCH, Texas. Posting on X late yesterday, he said: "The fires in the Texas Panhandle are raging ferociously. How to help victims of the Texas wildfires Well-wishers from Texas and beyond are being urged to donate money and practical items to help people affected by the Texas wildfires, particularly farmers and ranchers in the panhandle. A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history.