Wildfires scorched over 155,000 acres in the Oklahoma Panhandle, causing injuries and destroying structures.

Meteorologist Joseph Neubauer tracks fire risk for today & increasing risk for OKC on Thursday. Winds will be stronger tomorrow.

The fire rapidly spread, shutting down U.S. Highway 64 in Oklahoma and causing two Kansas towns to evacuate.

The destructive wildfires have prompted Gov. Kevin Stitt to declare a state of emergency over the Northwestern counties.

A wildfire in the vicinity of Woodward, Oklahoma, is spreading rapidly. Evacuations have been ordered in Kansas too, amid the Ranger Road fire.

During critically dry and high-wind conditions on Tuesday, multiple wildfires sparked across communities in portions of the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma and Kansas, causing a range of evacuations, warnings and road closures.

Gov. Kevin Stitt declared a state of emergency for three counties after destructive wildfires ripped through western Oklahoma on Tuesday.

In an overnight update on wildfires in northwest Oklahoma and southwest Kansas, Kansas State Fire Marshal Mark Engholm relayed reports of firefighters being injured in both states.

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.

Multiple wildfires ripped through Oklahoma on Tuesday, burning more than 155,000 acres in the western part of the state.