Wildfires

Wildfires - Oklahoma, USA

Wildfires spread through 20 Oklahoma counties, including LeFlore, on Thursday, scorching at least 40,000 acres, according to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

Residents were evacuated in Pawnee, Okmulgee, and Harper counties, and the department reported several structures were destroyed by Thursday’s fires. The largest single fire was near Weleetka, which burned nearly 5,000 acres.