( CNN ) -- A Texas couple who were burned to death in the Texas wildfires Thursday had been packing their truck to evacuate their home but were unable to escape fast-moving flames , a relative told CNN Friday . A house burns after wildfires raced through rural Montague County in Texas . `` I think they underestimated how fast it was moving , '' said Carol Quinn , the daughter-in-law of victim Matt Quinn . `` I think this was very fast and very hot . ... It is an awful story . '' Matt Quinn , 80 , and his wife , Cathy , were two of the three confirmed fatalities in Thursday 's fires . Matt Quinn was a former reporter for the Dallas-Fort Worth station WFAA-TV and had spent his life in journalism . The Quinns lived in rural Montague County . The couple 's son Chris , 30 , was hospitalized in fair condition with second- and third-degree burns and was expected to recover , Carol Quinn said . Chris had gone to look for his cat as the family prepared to leave in advance of the fires . `` There were three of them . Chris went to get his cat and put the cat in the carrier , '' Carol Quinn , who lives in Orlando , Florida , told CNN . `` When he came back , the truck was totally engulfed in flames . `` The flames were closing in , and he did n't know if Matt and Cathy were in the truck , and he took off running . '' The family did not live in a mandatory evacuation area but faced gusty winds and a wall of flames 30 feet high , she said . She said they had called the sheriff 's department shortly before their truck was engulfed . Another person was killed just west of Dallas and Fort Worth in what 's being called the Cement Mountain fire , the Texas Fire Service reported Friday afternoon . Wildfires are also burning in Oklahoma . In Midwest City , one of the places hit hardest by the flames , fire officials said at least one of the fires appears to have been intentionally set -- although they stopped short of calling it arson . See where the fires are burning » . `` We 'd like to make the distinction and understand that there 's a difference between being intentional and having intent with malice , '' said city Fire Marshal Jerry Lojka . `` So we have n't proved that there was malice , but we do know that the fire was intentionally set . '' Winds that at times reached hurricane-force levels blew through towns and neighborhoods , fueling fires that burned some homes while sparing others . Watch what is left of homes -- rubble » . More than 101,000 acres in Texas were burned , destroying 32 buildings , according to Bill Beebee of the Texas Forest Service . About 140 structures in Oklahoma have been destroyed , most of them in south-central Oklahoma and Oklahoma County , according to the Department of Emergency Management . At least 49 people were injured . Health officials said that with two exceptions , injuries from the fires were moderate or minor . A motorist was severely injured after losing control of a vehicle on a smoky road . Also , a Lincoln County firefighter was in stable condition at the Integris Baptist Burn Center in Oklahoma City . The fires burned all the way into Oklahoma City , and by Friday afternoon , firefighters were once again battling blazes that had flared up again within the city limits . iReport.com : Are wildfires affecting you ? Oklahoma Gov . Brad Henry declared a state of emergency for 31 counties . The state also was hit with severe weather . Henry 's order marks a first step toward seeking federal assistance , if necessary , by allowing state agencies to make emergency purchases . `` We are doing everything we can to deliver resources to firefighters and first responders on the front lines . They have done an amazing job under very challenging conditions , and we owe them a great debt of gratitude . Their heroism has helped save lives and property , '' Henry said in a written statement . `` Our thoughts and prayers are with the scores of families and individuals who lost homes or businesses , '' he said . Midwest City and the nearby towns of Choctaw and Nicoma Park were especially hard hit . By late Friday afternoon , the fires were under control and firefighters were putting out hot spots , the governor said . CNN 's Hank Bishop , Mark Bixler , Aaron Cooper and Deb Krajnak contributed to this report .
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