I only mention 2 fires, because the Borger fire burned 479,549 acres and the I-40 fire burned 427,696 acres. There was also a 40,000 acre fire near Childress, but it kinda fails in comparison with the other 2.
True, the Childress fire may have failed in comparrison in size, but a 40000 acre fire with 50+ mph winds is just as bad as the big one. I worked that fire and looked like the gates of hell opened up. Fortunately, our dept, with mutual aid was able to contain ours around midnite of same day, and we had canyons and ravines to deal with also. Hats off to everyone involved with all the fires, notably named, " The Day the Panhandle Burned".
to urwerstenemy...I bet if you were in a situation and trapped, crying like a baby to be helped..I just bet you that it wouldn't be funny then, better yet, take a ride on a grass rig sometime on one of the "big fires", lol i live it, you fear it.
I remember that day. I was visiting my dad who lives 3 blocks away from that park(Nelson or somethig like that) it's the one with the bird cages everywhere. But You could see the smoke from there. It was bad.
My high school sweetheart and once Husband was killed in that fireHe was one of the four Oil Rig workers who got lost in the smoke..There are no words to express...
Yeah i remember that day. I lived out at Boys Ranch like an hour or so from Borger and we could even see the smoke!!! Just asking cuz the author of the hank the cowdog series lives in perryton and they said they had a fire there too!! Lets hope nothing like this ever happens again!! If it does there may not be much panhandle left!!
It actually burned closer to 900,000 acres of farm and ranch land!! This was national news too!! The main thing that killed all the efforts was the wind!! The wind kept feeding the fire!!!
The wind was ridiculous this day. I wish I would have turn the camera more NE, the smoke was going almost completely horizontal. The winds were nearly 30 mph sustained and were gusting over 50, typical panhandle day if you ask me. The fire started just SE of Borger from some snapped powerlines (if i remember correctly), thats why it was called the Borger fire even though it did not threaten the Borger city limits. This video is from about 3 or so miles east of Borger.
Yeah burned over 100,000 acres of ranch land!!! I forget how much in total damages it was. Was well over ten million!!! Started out near Perryton at first didnt it??
Wow thats amazing. I once saw a wild fire while driving through eastern washington but it was in the distance and hard to see. If I had been this close to such a large fire, I would have been scared out of my mind.
i remember that it was freakin insane
JakDennisFox 9 months ago
12 people died in these fires. 7 in the Borger fire, and 5 in I-40 fire.
BillBrd1 1 year ago
you mean 3 fires round borger friend
DivaMomochi 2 years ago
I only mention 2 fires, because the Borger fire burned 479,549 acres and the I-40 fire burned 427,696 acres. There was also a 40,000 acre fire near Childress, but it kinda fails in comparison with the other 2.
NotALeaderOfMen 2 years ago
True, the Childress fire may have failed in comparrison in size, but a 40000 acre fire with 50+ mph winds is just as bad as the big one. I worked that fire and looked like the gates of hell opened up. Fortunately, our dept, with mutual aid was able to contain ours around midnite of same day, and we had canyons and ravines to deal with also. Hats off to everyone involved with all the fires, notably named, " The Day the Panhandle Burned".
bktracker62 2 years ago
my dad fought the other fire that day and he told me he drove backward down i-40 at 70 mph cuz a semi driver fell alseep and was heading toward him
ghe00 2 years ago
uh huh
marbm8 2 years ago
My Mom fought this fire
PopTart031 3 years ago
We had just moved to borger and then this hapend and we had to evaquate are new house
izzykay6 3 years ago
wow tht sux
IAMTHEMIGHTYBOBisbac 2 years ago
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urwerstenemy 3 years ago
to urwerstenemy...I bet if you were in a situation and trapped, crying like a baby to be helped..I just bet you that it wouldn't be funny then, better yet, take a ride on a grass rig sometime on one of the "big fires", lol i live it, you fear it.
bktracker62 2 years ago
i remember this
themagicskateboarder 4 years ago
I remember that day. I was visiting my dad who lives 3 blocks away from that park(Nelson or somethig like that) it's the one with the bird cages everywhere. But You could see the smoke from there. It was bad.
abctiffany 4 years ago
My high school sweetheart and once Husband was killed in that fireHe was one of the four Oil Rig workers who got lost in the smoke..There are no words to express...
mnmrincon 4 years ago
Yeah i remember that day. I lived out at Boys Ranch like an hour or so from Borger and we could even see the smoke!!! Just asking cuz the author of the hank the cowdog series lives in perryton and they said they had a fire there too!! Lets hope nothing like this ever happens again!! If it does there may not be much panhandle left!!
Volunteer911 4 years ago
It actually burned closer to 900,000 acres of farm and ranch land!! This was national news too!! The main thing that killed all the efforts was the wind!! The wind kept feeding the fire!!!
Volunteer911 4 years ago
The wind was ridiculous this day. I wish I would have turn the camera more NE, the smoke was going almost completely horizontal. The winds were nearly 30 mph sustained and were gusting over 50, typical panhandle day if you ask me. The fire started just SE of Borger from some snapped powerlines (if i remember correctly), thats why it was called the Borger fire even though it did not threaten the Borger city limits. This video is from about 3 or so miles east of Borger.
NotALeaderOfMen 4 years ago
Yeah burned over 100,000 acres of ranch land!!! I forget how much in total damages it was. Was well over ten million!!! Started out near Perryton at first didnt it??
Volunteer911 4 years ago
This brings back alot of sad memories. My dad was one of the 4 oilfield workes that died that day.
3dg4rino 4 years ago
Wow thats amazing. I once saw a wild fire while driving through eastern washington but it was in the distance and hard to see. If I had been this close to such a large fire, I would have been scared out of my mind.
BeatnikTurtle 4 years ago