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  • JARED DEASON | SPECIAL TO THE SUN An Army National Guard helicopter drops water on a wildfire near homes in northeast Edmond Friday afternoon.

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July 15, 2011

City evacuates NE Edmond residents in line of wildfire

Mark Schlachtenhaufen The Edmond Sun

EDMOND — Update to original post:

A city official said an unknown number of residents were evacuated as a precautionary measure from parts of northeast Edmond as firefighters battled the wildfire that began earlier in the afternoon.

Firefighters were working to contain the fire within an area containing brush and cedar trees east of Coltrane Road, south of Sorghum Mill, west of Sooner Road and north of Coffee Creek.

Shortly after 5 p.m., Matt Stillwell, the city’s public safety communications and emergency management director, said an unknown number of residents just to the north of the fire zone who were evacuated were being allowed to return to their homes.

During the operation, officers were redirecting traffic, and several streets in the area were temporarily closed. At about 4:40 p.m., Stillwell said Sooner was closed in the vicinity of Coffee Creek likely up to Waterloo, and Sorghum Mill was closed from Sooner to the west to around Coltrane.

Stillwell said no structures had been damaged.

Firefighters from Edmond, Deer Creek and Oklahoma City were among those battling a pesky wildfire and 100-plus degree heat Friday afternoon in northeast Edmond.

At about 1:15 p.m., the Edmond Fire Department received a call about a grass fire located north of Coffee Creek and west of Sooner Road, said Edmond Fire Maj. Bill Brown.

At one point, the fire was consuming brush and cedar trees, but no structures were threatened, Brown said. Numerous brushpumpers and several dozen firefighters were on the scene. Firefighters were being rotated in and out so they could take breaks from the heat, Brown said. Oklahoma City sent a battalion chief to help manage the fire.

Firefighters from other departments were filling in at Edmond fire stations while the fight continued, Brown said.

No information was available on a cause.

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