Alva Review-Courier -

The Northwest Oklahoma Complex wildfires, composed of four fire areas in Beaver, Harper and Woodward counties, is now considered to be 74 percent contained, according to the Oklahoma Forestry Service. The fires began on Monday, March 6.

The Selman Fire (Harper and Woodward Counties) is the area closest to Freedom. It is about ten miles from Woodward. That fire area covered 47,289 acres.

The Starbuck Fire (Beaver and Harper Counties) is the largest fire area in northwest Oklahoma including 662,687 acres total with 464,308 acres in Kansas and 198,379 in Oklahoma. It is near the communities of Bu...