Nearly 300 homes and structures have been destroyed and 170,000 acres burned in Oklahoma after several wildfires broke out, prompting evacuations amid extreme fire weather conditions on Friday. One person died in a vehicle accident after driving into smoke,

Wildfires swept through several parts of Oklahoma on Friday and a near-critical fire threat is expected to continue Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. The powerful winds of up to 70 mph were part of a "monster" storm that was raging across the United States,

A massive storm system moving across the United States unleashed winds that triggered deadly dust storms and fanned wildfires.