WOODWARD, Okla. — Six people died in a mobile home fire in western Oklahoma early Wednesday, authorities said.
One juvenile survived the fire in Woodward, KOCO-TV reported. There were seven people living in the home, the television station reported.
According to Woodward fire Chief Todd Finley, crews responded at about 1:17 a.m. to a report of a fire at a mobile home, the Woodward News reported.
Six die, one rescued in early morning fire on Wednesday - 1000 Hills Ranch Church is asking the community to join them this evening at 6 p.m. in the parking lot of Living Word Fellowship in Woodward. https://t.co/deVbg9eH96
— Woodward News (@woodwardnews) March 3, 2021
“The house was about three-quarters involved,” Finley told the newspaper. “Fire was coming out of windows and doors.”
Shift Capt. David Bates and a bystander saved the juvenile after knocking out a window unit and entering the structure, the News reported.
“Afterwards, the fire crews showed up. They put a ladder in that window, and he had them directed to go inside,” Finley told the newspaper. “They opened the door go into the interior part of that house, and the heat was so hot it was starting to melt their face shields.”
Fire officials have not released the identities of the victims, KOCO reported.
However, the Living Word Fellowship Church in Woodward posted a call for prayer for the family of Eric Cox and Shellee Cox on its Facebook page.
It is with a heavy heart that we ask for prayer for our pastors Eric and Shellee Cox as they have lost their son,...
Posted by Living Word Fellowship on Wednesday, March 3, 2021
No firefighters were injured.
“Unfortunately, we weren’t able to rescue anyone else out of the structure,” Finley told the News. “It was a no-win situation from the beginning. We were so fortunate that we got at least one saved.”
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