Austin, Texas – With Oclaumman still reeling from the deadly forest fires that stole all over the state and destroyed hundreds of homes in recent days, the authorities warned that Tuesday will achieve a renewed threat from fire to an area that extends from Western Oklahoma via Texas, Banhandel to southeast New Mexico.
More than 400 homes are severely damaged or destroyed Forest fires This started on Friday in Oklahoma. Officials said at least four people died of fires or strong winds, including a person who was killed in a vehicle accident as a result of weak vision due to dust or smoke.
While the calm weather during the weekend helped the crews deal with most of the forest fires that burn all over Texas and Aklamaoma, the predictors said very national weather from the fire that was expected on Tuesday in parts of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
The weather service said that the wind blowing is expected to reach 50 miles per hour (80 kilos per hour) in the afternoon, along with dry conditions and “future fuel”, the fires can spread quickly.
“These fires, as soon as you start, they are really difficult to stop,” said Keith Merckus of Oklahi Services. “They move more quickly than our resources can keep up with.”
He said that officials will return their attention to Western and Central Oklahoma, where the strong winds were expected to rise again during the next few days. Many of the state will return under fire warnings from 11 am on Tuesday.
Andreen Shotfran and her husband spent on the wandering of the ashes of their house in the neighborhood in Stellot, which said, “It seems like a examination plate” after the last fires.
“There is no possibility to predict or fairly around destroyed houses,” Shafran said. “There are only two options for homes in our area: standing or burning on the ground.”
Her house was one of more than 70 forest fires in Steluter, a city with about 50,000 miles about 65 miles (100 km) northeast of Oklahoma City and the homeland of Oklahoma State University.
Shofran, director of the Entice Adventure, a small animal park that forms part of Ohio State University and the university campus, said that current and former students, their friends and city officials intervened to help her and her husband.
“I was overwhelmed by the splendor of Oklahuan when they are friends with you, or the neighbors with you, because we had a lot of people communicating,” said Shofran.
The mayor of Steloter Wales Joyce warned on Facebook on Monday afternoon of the exacerbation of the fire conditions in the area.
“Be ready to take action quickly, if necessary,” he wrote.
Southwest Steloter, residents in two parts of the rural Logan Province have been urged to evacuate their homes on Monday afternoon after forest fires that have already burned more than 47 square miles (120 square kilometers) in the province since Friday, which have been retracted among high winds and dry conditions.
Sean Pears, deputy director of the emergency department in Logan Province, said that a refuge for evacuation had been created on the exhibition grounds in Gutry.
Pierce said that an estimated 54 homes were destroyed in a fire last week in the province, which has an area of ​​about 40 miles (64 km) north of Oklahoma City.
Texas said&M, a spokesman for the forest service, Irene O’Connor.
Although most fires were contained due to the slow winds on Sunday, Texas officials expected a burning incendiary threat to increase this week.
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The AP Sean Murphy correspondent in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.
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