Power bosses drive for profits fueled fire, disaster facing working people in Texas
![Farmers and ranchers in Canadian, Texas, confront Department of Agriculture representatives March 5 calling for help covering widespread losses from deadly wildfires in Texas Panhandle.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Canadian-farmers-ranchers-8812-300x219.jpg)
…billion in 2022. The Smokehouse Creek Fire — the largest of five extensive ones in the state — began Feb. 26, quickly ravaging ranches, farmland and small towns. Burning over…