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Huge Cloud of Wildfire Smoke in Oklahoma Panhandle Blocks Out Sun

Several wildfires broke out in northwestern Oklahoma on Tuesday, February 17, prompting Governor Kevin Stitt to declare a https://oklahoma.gov/governor/newsroom/newsroom/2026/governor-declares-state-of-emergency.html state of emergency in three counties: Beaver, Texas, and Woodward. This footage captured by Oleksii Plakhotia shows wildfire smoke filling the sky along a rural road near Tyrone, in Texas County, on Tuesday. Officials https://oklahoma.gov/oem/news/newsroom/wildfire-situation-update-1---february-17--2026.html said that evacuations were ordered for Tyrone on Tuesday, with the wildfires burning a combined total of over https://ag.ok.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Most-Recent-Fire-Situation-Report.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawQEUwpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETI1OEM5dW0zeGtOeWtRSnlBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHty5lwnQfQM-fifg704Yfc1zdbr-BhLvsB18_eWU95Rbrp7jl1PsGai4MP5G_aem_4pLh8xm59ajGhMdFzOAVdQ 16,100 acres in Texas County as of Thursday. (Footage by Oleksii Plakhotia/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
Several wildfires broke out in northwestern Oklahoma on Tuesday, February 17, prompting Governor Kevin Stitt to declare a https://oklahoma.gov/governor/newsroom/newsroom/2026/governor-declares-state-of-emergency.html state of emergency in three counties: Beaver, Texas, and Woodward. This footage captured by Oleksii Plakhotia shows wildfire smoke filling the sky along a rural road near Tyrone, in Texas County, on Tuesday. Officials https://oklahoma.gov/oem/news/newsroom/wildfire-situation-update-1---february-17--2026.html said that evacuations were ordered for Tyrone on Tuesday, with the wildfires burning a combined total of over https://ag.ok.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Most-Recent-Fire-Situation-Report.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawQEUwpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETI1OEM5dW0zeGtOeWtRSnlBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHty5lwnQfQM-fifg704Yfc1zdbr-BhLvsB18_eWU95Rbrp7jl1PsGai4MP5G_aem_4pLh8xm59ajGhMdFzOAVdQ 16,100 acres in Texas County as of Thursday. (Footage by Oleksii Plakhotia/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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