Amid an autumnal heat spell sweeping large parts of the nation, rare red-flag warnings have been issued for Chicago and western Oklahoma while firefighters reported gaining the upper hand on a wildland blaze threatening homes in Colorado.
It may be late October, but the U.S. wildfire season has reignited across the country as at least 11 active wildfires were burning from California to New Jersey, officials said.
A red-flag warning was issued by the National Weather Service for western, northwestern and northern Oklahoma, where firefighters are battling several wildfires near the towns of Cushing, Chickasha, Cimmaron City, Wellston and Seiling. The fires prompted the evacuations of some homes and, according to Logan County Emergency Management, destroyed “a few” residences in Logan County.
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