Wildfires in Oklahoma have now burned more than 300,000 acres of land across the state after crews worked to contain fires in the Panhandle on into Wednesday, according to state officials.

Kansas wildfires on Tuesday whipped up a rare weather phenomenon — rotating columns of fire known as fire whirls.

The Ranger Road Fire alone has burned an estimated 283,000 acres, with grass and brush burning across both Oklahoma and into Kansas on Thursday and the continued threat of critical fire weather condit...