Fair Park City Auditorium, WAC, churches serve as wildfire refugee shelters

CHILDRESS — With Texas Panhandle wildfires engulfing nearly 600,000 acres, officials ordered residents in effected counites, include Hemphill and Wheeler, to evacuate Tuesday, Feb. 27. As a result, nearby communities, including Childress and Wellington, opened wildfire refugee shelters, including shelters at Fair Park City Auditorium, Wellington Activity Center, First Baptist Church...

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