( CNN ) -- A blaze that started as a controlled burn quickly got out of hand and turned into a fast-moving wildfire that destroyed at least 20 homes and killed at least one person in Oklahoma 's Logan County on Sunday , authorities said . It was one of several fires to break out amid unseasonably high temperatures and windy conditions in the state . The victim was a 56-year-old man who failed to evacuate when requested , said Guthrie Fire Chief Eric Harlow . Guthrie is the county seat . The Guthrie blaze was about four miles long and up to a mile wide and was burning a largely rural area . Harlow put the fire 's size at between 3,000 to 4,000 acres . `` It 's growing so fast it 's pretty hard to estimate , '' Stephens said . `` There are a lot of cedar trees , they have a lot of oil in them and they just explode . '' The fire was the largest of several in the state that are being fueled by temperatures in the 90s and high winds , said Keli Cain , spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management . `` They got three ingredients for a bad fire : high temperatures , high winds and low humidity , '' said Daryl Williams with the National Weather Service in Norman .
NEW YORK (AP) — The Guthrie blaze is one of several to break out in the state . The fires are being fueled by hot , dry weather and high winds .