You don't have to be west of Texas. Don't get me wrong, this is really bad and a lot of property damage. The media makes it sound like the worse thing ever. We've had much bigger fires with much larger loss of life and property. But many of these occur in places that no one cares about. High wind and low humidity happens, its not a new thing.
https://hpj.com/2024/02/28/wildfires-burn-in-texas-oklahoma-kansas-and-nebraska-feb-26-27/
https://wildfiretoday.com/2017/03/07/fires-in-kansas-oklahoma-and-texas-burn-hundreds-of-thousands-of-acres/