Flames destroy Tim Menzer’s home in Choctaw, Okla. Winds of more than 50 mph grounded air-based firefighting efforts in Oklahoma and drove blazes that scorched neighborhoods like “a war zone,” Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press)
Flames illuminate a storage tank as a grass fire moves through Choctaw, Okla. Most of the state was under high-wind warnings and red-flag warnings, which indicate extreme fire danger, and the eastern half of the state was under a tornado watch. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press)
In Hudson Oaks, Texas, firefighter Michael Marciniak fights his way through thick vegetation as firefighters battle a large wildfire. The blaze was contained before any homes in the area were damaged. (Tom Pennington / Associated Press)
