Emergency crews struggled Tuesday to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states, killing five people and forcing thousands of others to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. Kansas wildfires have burned about 625 square miles of land and killed one person. The vast majority of the state's burned land is in Clark County, on Kansas' southern border with Oklahoma, where 30 structures have been damaged, said Allison Kuhns, a spokeswoman for the county's emergency management office. In the Texas Panhandle, three fires have burned more than 195 square miles of land and killed at least four people. The fire has burned more than 45 square miles of land and destroyed three homes.

Source: Fox News March 07, 2017 20:37 UTC