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EVACUATIONS: Crews battle wildfires across Green Country

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GREEN COUNTRY, Okla. — People in several areas were encouraged to evacuate due to the spread of wildfires.

Emergency officials urged people in Osage and Payne counties to evacuate after high winds and dry conditions caused wildfires to threaten homes. 2 News had crews in both locations tracking
conditions.

Pawhuska officials said the fire is 80% contained as of the morning of Oct. 30th. The fire destroyed three homes and multiple cars.

People who lost their homes are staying at the Osage Hotel and Casino.

In Payne County, an Emergency Activation Alert was sent to people, telling them to leave the areas east of Cushing and southeast of Yale. Osage County Emergency Management said fifty homes were evacuated.

Osage County officials said the Bureau of Indian Affairs helped fight the fire with two planes, surveying and dropping fire retardants.

Fifty homes evacuated: Large grass fire spreads in Pawhuska

The Tulsa Fire Department got called to help fight the fires in Pawhuska with one of their grass rigs.

"It’s god awful, I’ve never seen anything like it in my life," Jaden Folden said after watching the fire rage near his neighborhood.

Authorities told 2 News as of 7:30 p.m. no one was injured and no structures were damaged.

Fires also moved across Creek and Okmulgee counties.

In Creek County, flames burned on private land in Oilton, just east of town.

2 News' Brodie Myers witnessed the fire in Oilton.

Oilton on Alert: Wildfire threatens evacuation

If the fire spread past the treeline there, Oilton’s police chief was prepared to evacuate the town.

In Okmulgee County, another wildfire broke out near Henryetta, scorching roughly 50 acres. After an hour and a half, firefighters managed to quench the flames.