Associated Press
NORMAN, Okla. — Emergency officials say eight people have been treated at hospitals for breathing-related complications from smoky air caused by massive wildfires in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management says hospitals reported the injuries from the wildfires still burning in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
State forestry officials say three fires have burned more than 500 square miles in the Panhandle, including one large fire that has crossed over the state line into Kansas. Officials say they haven’t been able to contain the fires at all as of Wednesday morning.
Forecasters at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, say critical fire conditions will persist in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday, but winds fanning the flames are expected to ease up later in the day.