Wow. What a day yesterday was for fires around the state!
There was a huge fire west of Stillwater that caused I-35 to be closed at least two different times. The interstate was closed during the late afternoon when the fire was burning near the intersection of I-35 and highway 51 about 15 miles west of Stillwater. Highway 51 runs east-to-west through Stillwater and is Sixth Street in town. Later in the evening, the interstate was opened and then closed again farther north near Perry, Oklahoma. Deb and I will try to take some photos of the area tonite on our way home. Lotsa blackened areas around I-35 and highway 51 intersection.
There was another fire a few miles north of the Stillwater airport. Apparently this fire was started by embers created by the fire west of town. Our house is about 3 miles southeast of where this fire was burning.
As of this morning, it appeared that both fires near Stillwater were no longer burning. Several thousand acres scorched by both fires. A few homes lost. Someone reported the fire started when someone tossed a cigarette out of a vehicle. sheesh.
The huge fire in the Midwest City, Oklahoma area burned over 100 buildings, mostly houses. It is still burning in several locations.
Several other fires around Oklahoma. Apparently one in SE Oklahoma has been burning for several days.
I saw on the www that a tornado was spotted near Miami last nite. I cannot find anything about it yet.
Be careful today and hope everyone is ok.
2 comments:
On the tornado near Miami I am not sure. Mom's friend Francis lost a chicken house and my beauty fixer upper is from Vinita. Her husband works for REC which is north of Vinita. There were 3 windows blown out of his work vehicle and some of the roof taken off of the REC bldg. The siren went off last night about 6:30 and it was raining and barely hailing but I have not heard of any thing else. I did see the funnel cloud on TV. Is that close enough?
Tara, you would be surprised how many people I see toss cigarettes out of their windows along I-35. It's amazing.
Eleanor, glad you are ok. If all you see is the funnel on tv, that's good.
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