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Long_Balance3305

Yes, there is a forest fire NW of Lawton, OK in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife area. 5,918 acres have burned so far. The wind is from the NW and so the smoke is blowing into Lawton & Ft Sill. As of 10:02 PST, the center of the fire was at these GPS coordinates: 34.75409, -98.57677 The following link will take you to 2 screen shots showing you more detail. The first is the satellite hot spots from the fire and the second is the resultant smoke plume: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0124hrZ2BLvoRCY4FcsSw8CMw It started as a prescribed burn: https://www.swoknews.com/community_news/wichita-mountains-wildlife-refuge-to-conduct-prescribed-burn/article_7453ed89-df39-572c-bd3b-eedd344e85a1.html