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    Posted August 3, 2012 by
    TwoSee
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    Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
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    Wildfires blazing near you

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    Wildfires Strike Drought-Stricken Oklahoma City

    By TwoSee  |  Posted August 3, 2012  |  Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     TwoSee captured a video of the wildfire in Luther, Oklahoma. She was inspired by ABC's Ginger Zee's reporting. 'If New York City has a hiccup, she covers it,' she says. She says she found the wildfire to be unpredictable. 'Every time the wind blew, it went in a new direction,' she says. She had the opportunity to talk to a family who evacuated the area because of the wildfire. 'Corey showed me a life preserver with their family's name on it,' she says. She says many of the fire fighters are volunteering to combat the flames. She says the wildfire is exacerbated by the high heat and the prolonged drought in the area.
    - Jareen, CNN iReport producer

    Today, wildfires surrounded Oklahoma City on two sides. I went to the fire East of OKC near Luther. Fire crews had already evacuated the area.
    Smoke made the visibility very poor. Local firefighters pushed viewers back to Route 66.
    From a distance, you can see the fire had multiple flash points. Conditions for firefighters were made worse by our 113 degree temperature.
    Parts of the metro Oklahoma City area have not received rain within the last 50 days.
    Local residents waited and watched at a nearby quickstop on Route 66.
    I talked to Corey, who had recently moved to Luther from Texas. Corey told me his home had just burned down. They had given him about two hours warning to evacuated, but he was able to remove only a few items from his house.
    Firefighters said they expect to keep fighting this fire all night.

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