<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/us/wildfires-oklahoma-texas-damage.html" title="">wildfires</a> that tore through Oklahoma over the weekend, killing at least four people and destroying nearly 300 structures, also burned down the ranch of the state’s governor, Kevin Stitt, the governor said in <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://x.com/KevinStitt/status/1900973340854006094" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">a video</a> posted to social media.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The video, posted on Saturday morning, shows Mr. Stitt, a Republican, standing amid blackened trees and rubble at what he describes as his farm. At a news conference that day, the governor said his farmhouse was north of the town of Luther, Okla.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="TwitterEmbedBlock-1"><div class="css-y6495t" data-testid="twitterEmbedBlock"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards=""><p dir="ltr" lang="en">After traveling the state today surveying damage, I ended by visiting my ranch where we lost everything to the fires. It’s a sad garden update today.<br/><br/>Oklahomans, we are in this together and we will build back stronger.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/okwx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#okwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/J12uvPmiSU">pic.twitter.com/J12uvPmiSU</a></p>— Kevin Stitt (@KevinStitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinStitt/status/1900973340854006094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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