Oklahoma Burns! Wild Fires Rage!
Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by Goode Fellow in Hot Topics, Local
Just West of Stillwater, Oklahoma and I35; at 1:15 p.m. a wildfire was spotted. It looked to be about 100 acres burning. By 2:45 p.m. the fire was raging out of control and Interstate I35 was closed to north and south bound traffic backing up vehicles for miles. In Perry, thirteen miles north of Stillwater, the smoked cloud could be seen like a giant thunderhead gaining strength on the horizon. The cause of the f ire is still unknown.
CIDA News was on location in Stillwater as the wild fire raged across I35 and our news crew was right in the middle of the conflagration.
Timeline Photos of Fireline on I35 (click photos for larger image)
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- 3:01pm – View from Perry, Oklahoma
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- 3:15pm – Two miles from fireline near Stillwater, Oklahoma
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- 3:16pm – View to the East – two miles from the main fireline in Stillwater, Oklahoma
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- Within minutes the smoke intensified as we approached the fireline.
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- Smoke intensifies and ash begins to fall
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- 3:19pm – View toward Stillwater, Oklahoma
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- 3:26pm – Smoke comes in waves
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- 4:03pm – Fire increasing as winds get stronger
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- 4:06pm – Brushfire near Stillwater, Oklahoma – Some Panic
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- 4:08pm – The fireline has reached us! Feel the heat!
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- 4:15pm – Visibility of four car lengths
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- 4:32 – Emergency Workers slow down a section of fireline
Meanwhile a fire in Midwest City has left over 100 people homeless as fires destroyed their neighborhoods, and hundreds more seeking shelter due to evacuations of homes along the destructive path of the fireline.
