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Oklahoma City metro-area officials hustle to trace scope, source of blazes

 
BY ROBERT MEDLEY | Published: April 14, 2009   


While metro-area investigators work together to find the cause of Thursday’s fires that destroyed dozens of homes and more than 2,000 acres of grass and trees, federal and state officials will start assessing damage across the state.

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In the effort to determine the cause of Thursday’s fires ...

Midwest City investigators can be reached at 739-1300.

Oklahoma City arson investigators can be reached at 232-7766.

AT A GLANCE
Replacing licenses lost in the fire

People who lost their driver’s license in

last week’s wildfires can apply for a replacement license as long as the original license has not expired, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Any tag agent can verify the photograph on file and other security features without documents, said Karen Gentry, director of driver license examining. All CDL holders, however, will be required to see a driver license examiner before acquiring a replacement. Call 425-7745 or your local driver examiner for more information.

In Midwest City
Here’s a look at the status of damaged infrastructure in Midwest City:


• All tornado sirens are working again in

Midwest City.


• Emergency repairs were made Monday to police patrol car computers, firefighter radio frequencies and tornado siren controls that were knocked out by fire.


• Fire destroyed a building near the water treatment plant that housed emergency operations equipment.


• A backup police radio system was still being repaired Monday as well as some Oklahoma County sheriff’s radio frequencies that have

been down, Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said.

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Two Federal Emergency Management Agency teams will begin assessing fire damage across the state today, said Albert Ashwood, state emergency management director.

One FEMA team will look at damage in Oklahoma and Lincoln counties and another will be in southern Oklahoma in mostly Carter and Stephens counties. The teams are expected to wrap up their work totaling structures burned by Wednesday, Ashwood said.

Because of the large area affected, Oklahoma City arson investigators are working with Midwest City to identify causes of fires that stretched across both jurisdictions, Oklahoma City Battalion Chief Homer Jones said Monday.

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