00:00Large plumes of smoke rose over the southwestern United States on Tuesday as fast-moving wildfires spread across multiple states.
00:09The fires quickly spread from approximately 15,000 acres to about 145,000 acres in just eight hours, driven by
00:18strong winds.
00:19Officials said the evacuation advisory in Woodward, which has a population of about 12,000, applies to roughly 4,000
00:27residents.
00:27However, the order is voluntary, as Oklahoma law does not permit mandatory evacuations.
00:34Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has mobilized state resources to aid response and recovery efforts as crews worked to safeguard homes
00:42and contain multiple firefronts.
00:44The blazes, known collectively as the Ranger Road Fire, also spread across parts of Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico,
00:52triggering evacuation alerts in several rural communities and stretching firefighting resources across the region.
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