Massive Texas fire burns out of control, razing half a million acres of land

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A massive fire in Texas has burned more than half a million acres of land. The Smokehouse House Creek Fire is the second-largest fire in the state's history, prompting evacuation orders in counties there and in Oklahoma.

Texas Gov. Abbott doesn't want to remove his 1,000-foot Rio Grande barrier full of metal blades unless the Supreme Court tells him to

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The 1,000-foot barrier has a variety of features intended to deter migrants, including serrated blades similar to saws.

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