BREAKING: Burn Ban issued as wildfires spread in Oklahoma

Governor Mary Fallin, of Oklahoma issued a statewide burn ban Friday, as 12 different wildfires spread out of control in that state. So far, 65 homes have been destroyed. Conditions are expected to be worse... According to NBC News, One firefighter has been taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion . The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning today, the warning says wind gust are expected to develop as as a cold front come toward the area. Combine the wind with record drought conditions and extreme heat are expected to not help these wildfires.

This is the Image on Oklahoma Forestry Service's website
shows how high the fire danger is today.

Sources:
"National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary." National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Aug. 2012. http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa.


"Oklahoma's Plea for Help Falls on Deaf Ears as Wildfires Burn out of Control." U.S. News. NBC News, 04 Aug. 2012. Web. 04 Aug. 2012. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/04/13115739-oklahomas-plea-for-help-falls-on-deaf-ears-as-wildfires-burn-out-of-control?lite.


Govenor Burn Ban. N.d. Photograph. Oklahoma Forestry Services. Oklahoma Forestry Services, 04 Aug. 2012. Web. 04 Aug. 2012. <http://www.forestry.ok.gov/burn-ban-information/>.