Overview
- Evacuation orders were issued for parts of Woodward, with residents, businesses and nursing homes told to leave.
- Texas County emergency managers told residents in Tyrone to evacuate as the wildfire tracked east-northeast.
- Eastbound U.S. Highway 64 near Forgan was closed after flames crossed the road, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.
- The National Weather Service issued a fire warning for Beaver County and advised those along Highways 270 and 23 and on U.S. 64 between Forgan and Knowles to prepare to evacuate.
- Officials reported some homes burned and no injuries immediately confirmed as western Oklahoma stayed under a red flag warning and motorists were urged not to drive into smoke.