Wildfires

Wildfires - Oklahoma, USA

More than 135,000 acres of grasslands and woodlands have burned Thursday across the state, the Oklahoma Forestry Services reported.

The forestry services report the hardest hit area is in Woodward County, about four miles north of Woodward. As of about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, a group of fires known as the 34 Complex Fire scorched an estimated 115,000 acres in the area and is expected to continue to grow overnight.

Residents in the area have been evacuated as structures are threatened by the fires. Fire crews are expected to continue to battle the blaze throughout the night, officials said.

Wildfires - New Mexico, USA

State Forestry and USDA Forest Service crews are working to contain a prescribed fire that turned into a wildfire near the Zuni Mountains. Officials said the Diener Canyon Fire is burning on federal land in the Cibola National Forest. As of Thursday at 8:30 p.m., the fire has burned an estimated 1,000 acres.

The Bluewater Fire is an estimated 1,000 acres and crews haven't been able to contain it. Officials said residents in Bluewater Acres and Bluewater Village are on a pre-evacuation notice.

Another fire, the 206 fire, is an estimated 60,000 acres and is between Tatum and Milnesand. At least 12 homes on Bledsoe Road have been ordered to evacuate in that area. This fire has spread to Texas.