Xcel Energy admits it was ‘involved in ignition’ of Texas’s Smokehouse Creek fire

Electric utility company acknowledges it appeared to play role in the largest wildfire in modern US history

The electric utility company Xcel Energy admitted on Thursday that it appeared to have played a role in Texas’s Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest wildfire in modern US history.

“Based on currently available information, Xcel Energy acknowledges that its facilities appear to have been involved in an ignition of the Smokehouse Creek fire,” it said in a statement on Thursday.