Wildfire in Beaver, Oklahoma

The 412 wildfire began around 1000CST about four miles east southeast of Balko Oklahoma in Beaver County. The wildfire was moving north northeast at a rate of one hundred and three feet per minute. The towns of Beaver and Forgan were evacuated. There was a report of five hundred an fifty structures were threatened and one hundred and twenty-five other minor structures threatened. There was also a report of five single residences which were damaged and another ten residences along with several other larger buildings were destroyed. There were no reports of any fatalities, however a few people suffered smoke inhalation. The wildfire consumed an estimated twenty-nine thousand and hundred thirty acres and the wildfire was contained by 0800CST on March 8.