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HISTORICAL FACTS: Us power company admits it might have started huge texas fire | History Defined

The Smokehouse Creek fire consumed a million acres (400,000 hectares) and destroyed hundreds of homes (Credit: AFP)

A US power company admitted Thursday that its equipment may have sparked the largest wildfire in Texas' history.

Xcel -- the parent of Southwest Public Service Company, which provides electricity to part of the state -- said it was working with officials investigating the cause of the blaze that charred more than a million acres (over 400,000 hectares).

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