Farwell, Okla., volunteer firefighter Eddy Wynn sits atop a tanker truck as he battles a wildfire Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 near Central High, Okla. More than a dozen local fire departments from three counties assisted in fighting the blaze which destroyed at least four homes and scorched and estimated 9,000 acres by the time it was contained Thursday night.
Terri Turley keeps a watch over some burning hay bales on her Stephens County property near Duncan, Okla., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. More than a dozen fire departments from three counties assisted in fighting the blaze which scorched an estimated 9,000 acres by Thursday night.
Farwell, Okla. volunteer firefighter Eddy Wynn wheels a welder away from a fully-engulfed shed Thursday afternoon, Jan. 12, 2006, near Central High, Okla. More than a dozen local fire departments from three counties assisted in fighting the blaze which destroyed at least four homes and scorched an estimated 9,000 acres by the time it was contained Thursday night.
A burned fence and grassland are the result of a wildfire west of Arvada, Colo., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. The fire, fanned by 60 mph wind gusts, prompted evacuations of about 130 houses during the overnight.
A wildfire burns through the grasses up to the backdoor of a home west of Arvada, Colo., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. The fire, fanned by 60 mph wind gusts, prompted evacuations of about 130 houses during the overnight.
Betty Timmon is consoled by Betty Griffin, as Taylor Frisby, 9, and her mother Bianca Frisby, left, look over their property that was destroyed by wildfires, Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, near Hamburg, Ark. Frisby's home, in background, and Griffin's storage buildings located on the property were completely destroyed by fires that started Sunday by suspect arsonists.
Smoke billows from a wildfire at Sugar Loaf Mountain near Midland, Ark., Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. Fire crews thinned out after containing a blaze in south Arkansas that began Sunday, while another 1,000 acres burned Monday in the western part of the state until firefighters brought it under control. Crews snuffed out smaller blazes elsewhere.
A Dixie volunteer firefighter sprays water on a fire that spread into a hay field west of Tyler, Texas Monday afternoon, Jan. 9, 2006. Drought-like conditions and gusty winds have fueled wildfires over the past few weeks in parts of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. They have destroyed at least 475 homes and killed five people in parched areas of those three states.
Thick smoke blows through vinyl fencing melted and twisted by the heat of a grass fire near Ponca City, Okla., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Oklahoma fire crews responded to more than 30 fires on Sunday.
Edmond Fire Department firefighters work to control a large grass fire southeast of Sorgum Mill Rd. and N. Kelley in Edmond, Okla., Saturday, Jan., 7, 2006. The fire threatened to cross the road into the Oak Tree addition.