Update 2: 2/17/2026 @ 1810 PT

Photo Credit: OK Forestry Services

INCIDENT SUMMARY: Oklahoma Forestry Services is on the scene of a fast-moving wildfire, along with other local, county, and city Public Safety agencies. This fire is located on Ranger Road, called the RANGER ROAD FIRE, in Beaver County, Oklahoma.

There are reports of multiple fires around Tyrone, Beaver, and Woodward. Fire resources are staging for better suppression advantages in various areas.

SIZE UP: The fire has burned nearly 26,000 acres and is considered an out-of-control wildfire that has now crossed into the neighboring state of Kansas.

INCIDENT COOPERATORS: State of OK Resources: Forestry Services, DEM, Highway Patrol, DOT, and US NWS Norman, Oklahoma.

OEM: Center is currently activated with personnel supporting the Ops Center and tracking fires in Beaver, Texas, and Woodward Counties.

Photo Credit: OHP

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS: Reports of mandatory evacuation orders (Level 3 – GO NOW!) have been issued by State, Local, and County partners. Please follow all OFFICIAL news reports. These evacuations are both in Oklahoma and Kansas. Please heed all warnings and orders.

FIRE WEATHER REPORTS: Local weather forecasters, state conditions are prime for fires to break out and this is something they have been predicting for awhile now, 15 RH and winds gusting to nearly 70 miles-per-hour.

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