That smoky odor you may have noticed if you ventured outside early Thursday morning is from a massive wildfire that started Tuesday in Woods County and quickly spread north into Kansas.
Smell smoke this morning? Northwest winds are bringing smoke from a wildfire near Alva into central Oklahoma. pic.twitter.com/3fppE6angt
— NWS Norman (@NWSNorman) March 24, 2016
So far it's burned nearly 110 square miles, and Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has declared a state of emergency for several counties in the area.
No injuries or property damage has been reported. The fire started about 25 miles south of Kansas, and dry conditions and yesterday’s strong winds pushed the fire into Kansas. So far it’s burned nearly 72,000 acres.

The small town of Sun City, Kansas was briefly evacuated, according to Sean Sandefur, a reporter at Wichita’s public radio station KMUW:
Barber County Attorney Gayton Wood says south central Kansas has seen fires like this in the past. “We have experienced similar fires of this magnitude, about 5-6 years ago," Wood says. "And then we had a very large fire in 1995.”
On Wednesday Oklahoma Forestry Services established a statewide area command post. The National Weather Service says the fire danger will be near critical Thursday and Friday, but that will taper off when rain chances arrive this weekend.
Oklahoma City fire crews responded to a grassfire Wednesday afternoon near the intersections of Interstates 35 and 44 in northeast Oklahoma City.
Flames engulfing billboard from major fire in NE OKC @ I-35 & I-44. Service road closed. AVOID ROUTE! #okwx @NEWS9 pic.twitter.com/7exw7fzmJj
— Matt Mahler (@themahler) March 23, 2016
There were also fires in northeast Oklahoma.
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