Okla. Wildfire Evacuation Orders Lifted

Officials say a wildfire that prompted evacuations in parts of Oklahoma has been contained.

The Freedom Hill Fire Department says the fire that flared up near Mannford in northeastern Oklahoma is still burning Monday but has been contained. Officials say cooler temperatures and a light rain overnight helped slow the fire, which scorched more than 90 square miles on Sunday.

Victoria Landavazo holds youngest child, Axel, 1 year old, while wiping tears after arriving with other members of her family to see for the first time what the wildfire had done to their home, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 in Luther, Okla. While residents of one Oklahoma town sifted through their charred belongings Saturday to salvage what they could after a roaring wildfire that may have been deliberately set, residents in two other towns were being ordered to evacuate their homes. The fire near Luther, which is about 25 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, destroyed nearly five dozen homes and other buildings before firefighters were able to gain some measure of control Saturday.(AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel) TABLOIDS OUT Close

The National Weather Service says the fire risk remains very high with triple-digit temperatures possible Monday, but rain is predicted later in the week.

Multiple fires popped up in Oklahoma throughout the weekend and one blaze is being investigated as a possible arson. Witnesses told Oklahoma County sheriff's deputies they saw a man throwing a lighted newspaper from a black Ford pickup, but no arrests have been made.