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Wildfire Fight Continues Across Eastern Oklahoma

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A wildfire in eastern Oklahoma that burned nine homes grew Tuesday, but emergency crews don't expect it to spread much further.

Oklahoma Forestry Service spokeswoman Michelle Finch-Walker says the fire has consumed about 1.5 square miles in Pittsburg and Haskell counties. She says firefighters are using streams and roadways as barriers as much as possible. Finch-Walker says cooler weather and higher humidity also kept the fire from spreading as quickly.

Forestry Service calculations put containment at 19 percent.

Pittsburg County Emergency Management Director Kevin Enloe says two evacuees a firefighter who received minor injuries have been treated and released.

More than 100 people who evacuated homes Monday were able to return Tuesday.

 

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