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February 11, 2009

Firefighters battle blaze

Firefighters from Woodward, Sharon and Mutual worked quickly to contain a grass fire that erupted in a residential area south of Woodward Tuesday afternoon. Woodward Fire Marshal Todd Finley said the fire was started after a vehicle was driven into an area of tall grass on a property along Prairie Road. “We think that the vehicle’s exhaust system started the fire,” Finley said, noting that the vehicle was a total loss. The fire then quickly spread through the tall grass to a nearby mobile home, and the yards of two neighboring homes. The fire consumed the contents of a trailer and an open tin building on one of the neighboring properties. It also damaged a storage building and altogether caused around $40,000 in total damages, according to Woodward Fire Lt. Rick Hay.

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Quinlan United Methodist Church Sunday school teacher Christy Linsley (left) presents High Plains Outreach Center board members Steve Jones and Juanita Fitz with blankets, while fellow Sunday school teachers Janelle Cole (second from right) and Janice Hammans (right) presents board member Kathy Jones with blankets Thursday evening. The church gathered blankets and other items during the month of January to donate to the shelter.

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