Arson? Wind-whipped Oklahoma wildfires destroy homes

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"About all we saw was smoke and a little bit of ash raining down from the sky," Moore said. "Everybody was piling into their vehicles and leaving as we were."

The state was monitoring 11 fires by Friday afternoon. Gov. Mary Fallin announced a statewide burn ban as the fire danger heightened. She previously had announced a state of emergency for all 77 counties due to the extreme drought.

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Associated Press writers Rochelle Hines and Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.

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