Strong southwest winds fueled wildfires across Oklahoma on Friday, with evacuations ordered in some areas
An ambulance from Newkirk, Oklahoma, south of the Kansas-Oklahoma line, was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 11 around 1:30 p.m. Newkirk Fire Department officials said the ambulance was returning from the Blackwell hospital when the crash occurred during a dust storm. Two medics and two other people were taken to a hospital with injuries. Highway 11 in Kay County was closed because of limited visibility.
Around a thousand people were evacuated from a neighborhood in western Stillwater, Oklahoma as a fire spread toward the area. Emergency officials reported some structures on fire, but no injuries were reported. Fire destroyed a home in the town of Luther, and evacuations were ordered in at least 13 areas of Oklahoma.
[ photo: Newkirk Fire Department/EMS ]
