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... Fast-spreading wildfires are threatening towns in the Texas Panhandle, prompting evacuations and a disaster declaration by the governor.

On Monday, the Texas A&M Forest Service helped with 13 wildfire requests covering 77,135 acres. By Tuesday, they were still dealing with five active wildfires in the state.

The fires caused the Pantex facility, an installation that assembles and disassembles nuclear weapons and materials for the U.S. government, to pause its operations until further notice on Tuesday.

"The fire near Pantex is not contained," the company said. "Response efforts have shifted to evacuations. There is a small number of non-essential personnel sheltered on-site."

Pantex is roughly 30 miles east of Amarillo, Texas. ...