Four people dead and 142 injured due to wildfires in Oklahoma, with ongoing efforts to manage the crisis and provide aid.

Almost 300 houses and structures were destroyed by the wildfires that burned across the state on Friday and sent some Oklahomans fleeing with only the clothes on their backs, Gov. Kevin Stitt said. Communities in both rural and urban areas across the state were hit,

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center warned of "near historic" fire conditions in the Plains.