Second death reported with wildfires

A second person has died as the result of the wildfires that scorched across western Oklahoma, with the threat of more blazes Tuesday.

A woman was found dead in her car in Dewey County near Seiling, Oklahoma Emergency Management spokeswoman Keli Cain said. Further details were not available Monday.

Jack Osben, 61, died Thursday from injuries he suffered in a fire that began southeast of Leedey, authorities said.

While houses and structures have been destroyed in the wildfires, an estimated number was not available, Cain said.

No further evacuations were ordered Monday, and all who had been forced from their homes previously have been allowed to return, she said.

The largest blaze — the Rhea fire in Dewey County — has scorched across about 246,000 acres.

That fire was still only about 3 percent contained Monday afternoon.

That percentage remains unchanged since Sunday, according to Oklahoma Forestry Services.

The 34 Complex fire in Woodward and Harper counties has scorched across about 68,000 acres, and was about 45 percent contained as of Monday afternoon, officials said.

Other blazes in Caddo, Jackson, and Woodward counties were still burning Monday.

Three other fires in Roger Mills and Woodward counties — totaling about 10,000 acres — are

completely contained, forestry officials said.

A red flag warning will be in effect from 11 a.m. to midnight in the western

part of the state, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures are expected to top out between 80 and 95 degrees, with wind gusts up to 45 mph, according to the weather service.