AUSTIN, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller spoke with Myhighplains over his support of an investigation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton into the alleged role multiple utility companies may have had in major wildfires that burned through counties in the Texas Panhandle in 2024.

As was reported by Myhighplains, in August, Paxton launched in investigation into multiple utility companies and their alleged roles in the Smokehouse Creek Fire and the Windy Deuce Fire.

In February 2024, Myhighplains reported on the extensive damage done by the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Hutchinson County and the Windy Deuce Fire in Moore County. The fires burned over a total of 1 million acres, killed at least three people, and caused the death of thousands of cattle.

On Monday, M

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