Oklahoma, wildfires and Kansas State Fire
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The National Weather Service has issued a fire warning for southwestern Beaver County because of a dangerous wildfire.
Agencies continue working to contain wildfires in the Oklahoma Panhandle
Firefighters are battling several conflagrations in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, the largest of which burned more than 283,000 acres.
Agencies continue working to contain wildfires in the Oklahoma Panhandle
Wildfires in Beaver County sent thick smoke across the Oklahoma Panhandle on Tuesday, prompting evacuations in Englewood, Kansas, as flames spread in dry, windy conditions. News 9 Storm Tracker Kyle Wilson drove into Beaver County to track the fire, navigating rural roads with limited visibility.
Some Kansas cities were forced to evacuate as the fast-moving wildfires spread. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt declared a state of emergency for three counties.
Warm, dry and windy weather in Oklahoma has fueled multiple wildfires and prompted authorities to urge nearly one-third of the residents of the small city of Woodward to flee
Dangerous fire weather conditions remain across the Plains after a powerful windstorm sparked a wildfire outbreak Tuesday, prompting evacuations in the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, and Kansas.
Low humidity and gusty winds were fueling wildfires in Oklahoma, including the Ranger Road Fire that has spread into Kansas.
Multiple wildfires ripped through Oklahoma the past few days, with the biggest wildfires breaking out on Tuesday in western Oklahoma.
In Woodward and Beaver, Oklahoma, the sky was obscured by thick smoke as multiple wildfires in the area prompted evacuations Feb. 17.