With multiple fires raging in the Texas Panhandle, Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of emergency in 60 counties. Multiple communities have been evacuated and mandatory evacuation orders are in place in Moore and Potter counties, reports the Amarillo Globe-News. In Hemphill County, the sheriff’s office issued a mandatory evacuation notice but later advised residents in Canadian, the county seat, to shelter in place because of road closures. The largest fire, the Smokehouse Creek Fire, had burned at least 250,000 acres by Tuesday afternoon, making it the fifth-largest wildfire in state hist…