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Dozens of Wildfires Scorch Parts of Texas and Oklahoma
More than 150 blazes were burning in Oklahoma alone, damaging many structures and hundreds of thousands of acres, and causing one death. Dangerous fire conditions threatened areas from Texas to Iowa.
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It was just a perfect storm. It was a — the humidity levels went down to record lows, below 10 percent, and then with the winds where they were, it just dried everything out. So we should have a couple good days in a row here to get all the fires out, because there’s a little bit of risk coming back and maybe Monday or Tuesday.
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