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Wellston feels fear as flames approach

BY MANNY GAMALLO - Tulsa World | Modified: April 11, 2009 at 12:21 am | Published: April 11, 2009

WELLSTON — Firefighter Charles Danker called it a scene of "hell on Earth,” his description of a fast-moving wildfire that threatened this Lincoln County community and forced residents to flee.

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