This April 13, 2018, satellite image released by Copernicus Sentinel Data and Service Information shows smoke from wildfires in Oklahoma. Forecasters on Tuesday, April 17, warned of dangerous, life-threatening wildfire conditions in parts of the Southwest and Southern Plains as firefighters in rural Oklahoma continue battling deadly blazes. The Storm Prediction Center says gusty winds and low humidity in drought-stricken areas will create dangerous conditions in parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. (Copernicus Sentinel Data and Service Information via AP) 
This image provided by the National Weather Service shows a false-color image made by a NOAA geostationary (GOES) satellite, showing a long plume of smoke and dust from wildfires in Colorado Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The plume is heaviest in the San Luis Valley in the southern part of the state, bottom, trailing off more than 300 miles (480 kilometers) to the northeast to the Nebraska border. Fire crews are fighting five new wind-swept wildfires around Colorado as hurricane-force winds also kick up dust, topple trucks and close highways in the state. (National Weather Service via AP) 
Wildfires burn in Southern El Paso County with one of them prompting mandatory evacuation orders, as seen from Hanover County on Tuesday April 17, 2018. Fire crews are fighting several new wind-swept wildfires around Colorado as hurricane-force winds also kick up dust, topple trucks and close highways in the state. (Dougal Brownlie/The Gazette via AP)
DENVER | wildfire whipped by winds that reached 60 mph destroyed five homes and several outbuildings in southern Colorado.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports the fire started east of the city on Tuesday afternoon and forced more than 200 families from their homes. No injuries were reported, and the fire had slowed by late afternoon.
Pueblo County sheriff’s deputies and other officers went door to door to warn residents to get out, and gusty winds were expected to continue into the night.
Meanwhile, El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder tells The Gazette that another wildfire burned at least 10 buildings close to Interstate 25 near Colorado Springs. A sheriff’s patrol car also went up in flames.
Emergency crews across Colorado struggled as hurricane-force winds also kicked up dust, toppled trucks and closed highways.
A U.S. Forest Service commander at one of two large wildfires in Oklahoma has warned firefighters to be careful as forecasters warn of dangerous, life-threatening wildfires in parts of the Southwest and Southern Plains.
Deb Beard on Tuesday said the forecast should “scare the hell out” of the firefighters in the area where fires have already killed at least two people and injured nine others.
The Storm Prediction Center says gusty winds and low humidity in drought-stricken areas will create dangerous fire conditions in parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. National Weather Service meteorologist Doug Speheger says such conditions haven’t been seen in at least a decade.
In Oklahoma, temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s and winds could gust to 40 mph or higher.
The largest of the Oklahoma fires has burned more than 384 square miles.