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US 54 Re-opens Guymon to Goodwell UPDATE 11:50 pm

KSCB News - April 3, 2011 6:06 pm

This information comes from the City of Guymon website, guymonok.org:

FIRE UPDATE 11:50pm
Hwy 54 west of Guymon is now open to traffic.

Residents are able to return to their homes if they were evacuated. However no electricity is in that section of the city.

A Red Cross Shelter is open at the Methodist church for those in need of shelter.

Update 11:10 pm

US Highway 64 has re-opened through Guymon.

Guymon Fire Update 10:20 pm

This information comes from the City of Guymon website, guymonok.org:

FIRE UPDATE 10:20pm
RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE ELKS ADDITION CAN NOW RETURN TO THEIR HOMES – HOWEVER, POWER REMAINS DOWN IN THAT AREA.

SIGHT SEEING IS PROHIBITED AND ONLY RESIDENTS OF THE ELKS ADDITION SHOULD BE IN THAT AREA.

HIGHWAY 54 REMAINS CLOSED AT THIS TIME AND INDEFINITELY.

EVACUEES CAN GO TO SAFETY AT THE VICTORY MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH AT 5TH & ROOSEVELT WHERE THE RED CROSS HAS SETUP SHELTER.

KSCB News has learned from police scanner traffic that US Highway 54 remains closed from Guymon to Goodwell.

Guymon Fire Update 9:30pm

Guymon Fire Update 9:00

This information comes from the City of Guymon website, guymonok.org:

FIRE UPDATE 9:00pm

FIRES IN GUYMON ARE UNDER CONTROL – FIREFIGHTERS ARE CHECKING FOR HOT SPOTS AND CHECKING HOMES IN THE AREA. CITY MANAGER, TED GRAHAM REPORTS THAT 1500 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER. GAS WAS ALSO SHUT OFF TO THE AREAS IN THE PATH OF THE FIRES.

NOBODY IS BEING ALLOWED BACK IN THE AREA OF THE FIRES…IN THE ELKS ADDITION OR SOUTH SIDE OF GUYMON. SIGHT SEEING IS PROHIBITED IN THE AREA!!

HIGHWAY 54 REMAINS CLOSED AT THIS TIME!

EVACUEES CAN GO TO SAFETY AT THE VICTORY MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH AT 5TH & ROOSEVELT WHERE THE RED CROSS HAS SETUP SHELTER.

Guymon Fire Update: 8:45.
SEVERAL SMALL FIRES STILL GOING ON IN SOUTHERN PART OF GUYMON. RESIDENTS IN THE ELKS EDITION, SOUTHWIND TRAILER PARK, AND SOUTHWEST GUYMON NEED TO REMAIN OUT OF THOSE AREAS.

RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND GUYMON NEED TO STAY ALERT DUE TO SHIFTING WINDS AND DOWNED POWER LINES AND POLES CAUSING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS!!

PLEASE STAY OUT OF THOSE AREAS SO THAT SAFETY CREWS CAN DO THEIR JOBS.

EVACUEES CAN GO TO SAFETY AT THE VICTORY MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH AT 5TH & ROOSEVELT WHERE THE RED CROSS HAS SETUP SHELTER.

THERE IS A FIRE BURNING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GUYMON. RESIDENTS IN THE ELKS EDITION, SOUTHWIND TRAILER PARK AND IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST SIDE OF GUYMON SHOULD BE EVACUATING!!

FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN THE FIRE, BUT RESIDENTS NEED TO STAY ALERT FOR FUTURE EVACUATIONS DUE TO SHIFTING HIGH WINDS!! City Of Guymon Update – 7:44pm

 

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