4 dead and at least 200 injured in Oklahoma wildfires

Four people have been killed and at least 200 injured in an outbreak of wildfires in Oklahoma, officials said.

Four people have been killed and at least 200 injured in an outbreak of wildfires in Oklahoma, officials said.

There has been one death each in Lincoln, Garfield, Haskell, and Pawnee counties, the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) said in an update Monday. The medical examiner's office determined the deaths were due to the fires or high winds.

It's believed that one person in Pawnee was trying to escape his home when "it became engulfed in flames, hindering his ability to evacuate," the sheriff's office said in a Saturday news release.

Crews battle a wildfire Friday south of Langston, Okla. Alonzo Adams / APConcerned neighbors contacted authorities after searching the scorched home and found what is believed to be human remains. His identity was not released.

Oklahoma House Rep. Jim Shaw identified another victim as Allen Ferguson, a youth wrestling coach in Chandler who died while trying to save his son, Will, who is hospitalized in critical condition.

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