1 person killed in Oklahoma wildfires, Gov. Stitt says
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One person was killed when they drove into smoke from wildfires burning in Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt said today.
The fires have burned around 170,000 acres, and destroyed over 290 homes and structures, according to Stitt.
“It was just a perfect storm,” Stitt said. “It was the humidity levels went down to kind of record lows below 10%, and then with the winds where they were, it just dried everything out.”
Stitt said he lost his farmhouse, located north of Luther, central Oklahoma, to the fire.
“So really, this kind of stuff hits close to home when those fires come through, there’s just not a lot that you can do,” he said.
Residents living in the line of the fires were evacuated, Stitt said, adding that there were no reports of fatalities from homes.
