TEXAS WILDFIRES

Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have role in largest wildfire in Texas history

A helicopter carries a bucket as it flies over homes burned by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Canadian, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have played a role in igniting a massive wildfire in the Texas Panhandle that grew to the largest blaze in state history. The…