Texas And Oklahoma Scorched

Midwest City Fire Captain Mark Zeckser searches for Meg Miller's rings in a home destroyed by fire in Midwest City, Okla., Friday, April 10, 2009.

Nathan Christmon, left, surveys the damage to his home in Midwest City, Okla., Friday, April 10, 2009, as Midwest City firefighter Major Reese Morrison, right, tells him and his brother, Drew Christmon, center, that they must leave the home until it has been declared safe.

Flames illuminate a storage tank as a grass fire moves through Choctaw, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Fire crews in Oklahoma and Texas raced Thursday to control wind-whipped wildfires that destroyed over 100 homes, forced evacuations and shut down parts of a major highway.

Flames leap out of a broken gas line in Midwest City, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Flames move through a subdivision in Choctaw, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Flames move in on a home in Choctaw, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Firefighters battle homes on fire on both sides of Westbury Street in the Oakwood East neighborhood in Midwest City, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

David Hitchner, left, and John Brewer use a garden hose to battle a wildfire in Midwest City in eastern Oklahoma County, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Trees burst into flames as wildfires march across eastern Oklahoma County, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Paul Norwood watches helplessly as his neighbor's home is destroyed by wildfires in eastern Oklahoma County, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

The home of Tim Menzer burns in Choctaw, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Tim Menzer runs from his burning home with his two dogs, in Choctaw, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Gusting winds and dry conditions fueled wildfires across Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday, destroying or damaging homes, forcing evacuations and shutting down parts of a major highway in Oklahoma.

Harrah firefighters battle a fire at the home of Tim Menzer in Choctaw, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Firefighters from Peaster, Texas, make their way through thick vegetation as they battle a large wildfire, Thursday, April 9, 2009, in Hudson Oaks, Texas.

An Aledo, Texas firefighter struggles to keep his balance on the steep terrain as firefighters battle a large wildfire, Thursday, April 9, 2009, in Hudson Oaks, Texas.

More than 93 percent of Texas was in some stage of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday.

Heavy smoke fills the sky as a massive wildfire approaches the west side of Lake Arrowhead south of Wichita Falls, Texas, Thursday April 9, 2009.

Firefighters and some frantic homeowners used tractors, bulldozers and hoses to try to stop the high orange flames that raced across parched fields. Winds as high as 60 mph in most areas kept firefighting helicopters and planes grounded.

Volunteer firefighters from Lakeside City battle wind-whipped flames along Highway 281 south of Wichita Falls, Texas, Thursday, April 9, 2009.

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