Wildfires

Wildfires - Oklahoma - Update

As firefighters enter the second week of raging Oklahoma wildfires, the cooperative weather allowed them to make more progress than they have in days.

The wildfires have scorched across more than 400,000 acres, killed two people and hurt 20, emergency management officials have said.

More than 283,000 acres have burned in Dewey County, where the Rhea fire was 15 percent contained. The number is up from the 3 percent of containment reported the last few days, according to the Oklahoma Forestry Service.

More than 67,000 acres have burned in Woodward County, where the 34 Complex fire was 45 percent contained.

A third, much smaller fire reported in Beaver and Harper counties was 80 percent contained, forestry officials reported.