{"id":64579,"date":"2026-02-17T21:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=64579"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:26:32","slug":"fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A fast-moving wildfire has led to evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma, as strong winds push flames through parts of the city, according to local officials and media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evacuation orders were issued Tuesday afternoon for neighborhoods south of Oklahoma Avenue and west of 13th Street, with additional areas south of Oklahoma Avenue and west of 22nd Street also told to leave, according to the Woodward Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police department later said that due to flare-ups, no evacuated areas have been cleared for re-entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/live\/live-updates-high-wind-speeds-increase-oklahoma-wildfire-danger\">KWTV<\/a> reported that wind gusts near 60 mph were fueling the fire in red cedar-filled neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodward emergency management director Matt Lehenbauer told KWTV that the evacuation area included neighborhoods south of U.S. Highway 412 and west of 13th Street, and that nursing homes in that zone had been evacuated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe entire city is not being evacuated,\u201d Lehenbauer said. \u201cOnly the southwest part.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Footage showed at least one structure on fire and multiple power poles down. It is not yet clear how many homes have been damaged or destroyed, and injuries have not been confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the day, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Norman warned of near-critical to critical fire danger across western Oklahoma, citing very dry air and wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph. At one point, the entire town of Woodward was under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NWSNorman\/posts\/pfbid0kSegfhKdtjAdTTTpfDkR4UxNtB16Xyk17oJZQkKuFRdxK4oMpvUftqpbRFvVFP1Vl?__cft__[0]=AZbANQD5Tnu7pZ7Eyg0lNlkuLQVlI_neI4Yd5oHp5Jr9-KftGMyGabpjMFbhsSCsDKqP8NZqhTe4A0KYIQiQpZqc5WjLs54LMsr0odc0StNRBDuxKdY6BACOPSUAm8cnVP4tIEkAwRn_nLJF8rnJL_m2Dw_xCFaNqZce4WmhKTa1bJ4GqSie5dSxW4IyMTGVvQw&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">fire warning<\/a> as conditions deteriorated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fast-moving wildfire has led to evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma, as strong winds push flames through parts of the city, according to local officials and media reports. Evacuation orders were issued Tuesday afternoon for neighborhoods south of Oklahoma Avenue and west of 13th Street, with additional areas south of Oklahoma Avenue and west of 22nd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":64580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,151,2949,4257],"class_list":["post-64579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usnews","tag-oklahoma","tag-united-states","tag-wildfires","tag-woodward-oklahoma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma - BNO News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma - BNO News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A fast-moving wildfire has led to evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma, as strong winds push flames through parts of the city, according to local officials and media reports. Evacuation orders were issued Tuesday afternoon for neighborhoods south of Oklahoma Avenue and west of 13th Street, with additional areas south of Oklahoma Avenue and west of 22nd [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BNO News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carlos Robles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bnonews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bnonews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carlos Robles\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carlos Robles\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1\"},\"headline\":\"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/\"},\"wordCount\":232,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Oklahoma\",\"United States\",\"wildfires\",\"Woodward (Oklahoma)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"US News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/\",\"name\":\"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma - BNO News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\",\"name\":\"BNO News\",\"description\":\"Breaking news and developing stories from the U.S. and around the world\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BNO News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png\",\"width\":1696,\"height\":1443,\"caption\":\"BNO News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/bnonews\",\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bnonews\/\",\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bno-news\",\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bnonewstv\/\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/bnonews\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1\",\"name\":\"Carlos Robles\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Carlos Robles\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/author\/crobles\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma - BNO News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma - BNO News","og_description":"A fast-moving wildfire has led to evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma, as strong winds push flames through parts of the city, according to local officials and media reports. Evacuation orders were issued Tuesday afternoon for neighborhoods south of Oklahoma Avenue and west of 13th Street, with additional areas south of Oklahoma Avenue and west of 22nd [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/","og_site_name":"BNO News","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/","article_published_time":"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carlos Robles","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bnonews","twitter_site":"@bnonews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carlos Robles","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/"},"author":{"name":"Carlos Robles","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1"},"headline":"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma","datePublished":"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/"},"wordCount":232,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg","keywords":["Oklahoma","United States","wildfires","Woodward (Oklahoma)"],"articleSection":["US News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/","name":"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma - BNO News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-18T02:26:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217OklahomaFire.jpg","width":1000,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/fast-moving-wildfire-sparks-evacuations-in-woodward-oklahoma\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fast-moving wildfire sparks evacuations in Woodward, Oklahoma"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/","name":"BNO News","description":"Breaking news and developing stories from the U.S. and around the world","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization","name":"BNO News","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png","width":1696,"height":1443,"caption":"BNO News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/","https:\/\/x.com\/bnonews","http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bnonews\/","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bno-news","http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bnonewstv\/","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/bnonews"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1","name":"Carlos Robles","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg","caption":"Carlos Robles"},"url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/author\/crobles\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64581,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64579\/revisions\/64581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}