Explosive Wildfires Surge Through Oklahoma Panhandle and Kansas

A fast-moving wildfire on Oklahoma’s panhandle has doubled in size as it presses into Kansas, as firefighters contend with days of dry heat and gusting winds across the Great Plains.The Ranger Road Fire had consumed more than 280,000 acres as of Wednesday evening, nearly 20 times the size of the island of Manhattan. In all, more than 300,000 acres have burned in Oklahoma this week as temperatures soar roughly 15F (8C) above average. State officials have received 33 reports of fires and hotspots spanning nea ...