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Fires West of Athens Race Against Wind | Tulsa News
Firefighters raced against time as wildfires tore through mountain and coastal communities west of Athens, seizing a rare calm window to fortify containment lines before deadly afternoon winds returned. Overnight progress was made, with water-dropping aircraft dousing hotspots and military earth movers carving firebreaks while ground crews hunted down smoldering embers. The situation grew urgent after one blaze breached containment the day before, forcing over 1,000 evacuations and rescuing more than 250 people by boat from beaches — all as summer’s heat-driven winds loomed. Listen in…
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