The National Weather Service reports Oklahoma is seeing the worst fire conditions in more than ten years with many areas of the state receiving less than a quarter inch of rain this year
The Laverne Fire in Beaver and Harper counties has burned 100 acres and is 80 percent contained, and the Hooker Fire in Texas County has burned 179 acres but is 100 percent contained.
Firefighters continuing their relentless fight across the scorched plains of Oklahoma, battling unsafe wildfires and wind.
Deadly wildfires from Arizona to Oklahoma fuel by powerful winds and dry conditions and apparently the cedar trees killed two people in western Oklahoma also lost 50 structures and ignite more fires in the process.
Firefighters were able to get containment to about 15 percent on the Rhea Fire, which has burned about 440 square miles, according to U.S. Forest Service spokesman Todd Schroeder.
Sander, who spoke to the Woodward News on Wednesday night, said his office received reports from several witnesses regarding one of the fires affecting Vici, in Dewey County.
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Wednesday morning, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture said numerous evacuations had occurred in the areas north and east of the Rhea fire.
"Right now we have no evidence that indicates any of the fires were set", Sander said.
Shawna Hartman, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma Forestry Service, told BuzzFeed News that the weather conditions have now reached "historic" levels after no rain has fallen in the region for 150 days.
Winds were not as strong Friday as crews continue to contain the blazes, he said.
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