STILLWATER, Okla.—A massive storm system swept the Southeast with high winds that combined with low humidity to spark more than 130 wildfires in 44 Oklahoma counties.
Nearly 300 homes were damaged or destroyed statewide, including houses in the college town of Stillwater about 65 miles north of Oklahoma City.
Downed power lines may have started some of the fires that scorched Oklahoma.
Jenny Nelson and her son Chris surveyed the burned wreckage of her home of 15 years. She had seen the smoke from the approaching fires Friday night. When her grown children called, she gathered a few things and evacuated with her neighbors from the Pecan Lake Court cul-de-sac….