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Wildfires cause road closures throughout Oklahoma
Interstate 35 has reopened in both directions near the Turner Falls area in the southern part of the state, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Traffic is moving through exits 51 and 55 near the Murray-Garvin county line between Ardmore and Pauls Valley, troopers said.
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