Stephens County remains in a burn ban until July 24, unless the resolution is extended or canceled by Stephens County Commissioners. "Bob's Eatery, Hollie's Sweets and More, Ray of Hope and Providence Church opened their doors to us."Īccording to Childers, the fire remains under investigation. "We are extremely grateful to the community for the outpouring of drinks and shelter to all the responding firefighters," Childers said. Fire crews from Comanche, Oakridge, Velma, Empire, Loco, Duncan, Central, Rush Springs and Bray as well as the Jefferson County Task Force and Survival Flight later responded to the scene.Īs of press time Wednesday, crews remained at the scene of the blaze, which, according to Curtis, reportedly overcame one home, two previously fire damaged homes and six other structures ranging from barns to storage buildings, to his best count.Ĭrews were in mop up by this time, according to Crystal Childers with MVFD. on Wednesday, July 20 at Twin Valley Road off of Old Highway 81 in Meridian. Meridian Volunteer Fire Department (MFVD) responded to a large structure and grass fire around 1:30 p.m. More information will release as it becomes available.Īnother fire broke out Wednesday in Meridian, this time taking structures down. Crews returned to the area after battling a blaze in Meridian and remained on scene as of press time. Īs of Wednesday afternoon, hot spots rekindled. Some crews remained on scene until 11 p.m. When this fired up they pulled all the different teams together."ĭuncan Fire Department along with units from Velma, Bray, Doyle, Meridian, Grady County Fire, Rush Springs, Bailey, Oakridge, Empire, Stephens County District 1 Tanker, Cox City, Comanche, Stephens County Sheriff's Office, Duncan Police and Survival Flight were all on the scene. "We already had a call to set up a task force group to travel everywhere else. "Our response has been fantastic," Curtis said. "They kept it away from the homes by protecting them."ĭespite air asset requests Tuesday evening, Curtis said they managed to fight the fire down without them. "No homes or anything have been lost," Curtis said. "I went ahead and got the drone and headed back out here and by that time, they called another tanker and then I knew Duncan was on site, Bray was on site, Marlow was on site and Oakridge was on site too."Ĭurtis said even though the fire hit mop up stages Tuesday night, departments continued to fight through some of the hot spots in the trees. and I was on my way back from Okarche ," Curtis said. "The first detail I have is it started over by Clear Creek Road on Parker Road. Stephens County Emergency Manager Gary Curtis, who was heading back from a meeting and the truck fire out in Empire, went back to the office to grab a drone to survey the fire to help Duncan response crews. Duncan Fire responded to the scene first and as it grew, Emergency Management ordered evacuations for some houses near Lawler Road and other units showed up to render mutual aid. had called for 14 different agencies to tag in to battle the blaze.
The flames ignited at Clear Creek and Parker Road, and by 4 p.m. Crews dismissed from Empire's fire immediately switched directions to head to the area which would stay active for two days because of hot spots. Meanwhile, a fire sparked near Clear Creek Lake. More information will release as it becomes available. No structures were impacted, and there were no reported injuries.Īs of press time, the cause of the fire remains under investigation. The fire crews worked to put out the flames for several hours, before ultimately extinguishing it later that afternoon.īy the end of it, Comanche, Corum and Duncan departments were also providing mutual aid. Upon arrival, EFD found a Gill's Container Service garbage truck consumed in flames.ĮFD called Meridian Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) for assistance when the trash truck fire ignited a grass fire and spread to a nearby field. on July 19 at Terry and Empire Road in Empire. Join our team today! Together we can continue to transform lives and make a difference.Empire Fire Department (EFD) responded to call of a vehicle fire around 11 a.m. Our teams are constantly raising the bar to excite, inspire and unite Developmental Therapists across the nation and beyond.
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