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Methodist Church Fire - Newkirk, OK - Clip 1

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ATTENTION TV STATIONS - DO NOT USE. COPYRIGHT ATTACHED BELOW.
Clip 1 of 7 of the Methodist Church fire in Newkirk, OK. This was one of the most horrible fires I have witnessed. A beautiful 105 year old historic church burning just days before their Christmas program. I have received numerous phone calls and emails asking for this video so here it is...
Copyright © 2007-2008 Chris Caldwell and PoncaCityWeather.com

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  • dude,, can i use this vid for my motion graphic task...

    i want to make a short movie, and the theme is about no more religious War.

    your vid is very match with the theme..

    can i??

  • @MGC89B The rights to use this video are not for sale. Exclusive use as already been sold.

  • Both, but it's a very small town that had the paid dept. The closest volunteer department was 6 miles away and then the nearest paid dept that assisted was like 10 or 12 miles away. It was also a 3 or 4am fire alarm if memory serves correct.

  • was anyone killed

  • No, it was in the early morning hours and there wasn;t even any fire fighters injured, thankfully!!!!

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  • Im not a christian, as I feel that all religions are negative at some point but...its basically sad when old places like churches and stuff gets destroyed, cause they often has an important history.

  • I think this series of videos illustrates that you can't save a structure by fighting the fire only from the outside. Obviously the safety of the firemen was paramount in the decision to not attack the fire from the interior. It still seems a bit strange that the offices and side building burned though--- I assume the water problems contributed to the inability of the Fire Dept. to contain the fire to the main structure.

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  • ... most church bldg construction of that pseudo post renaissance, open-vaulted, resin laminated plank beam-stone wall boxed-support construction, doom themselves to heavy fire damage to outright total loss just by the very nature of the design- Even if the stone-work is a laminate. The fire behaves much the same as those old massive brick wall-heavy timber square-set factories&warehouses built from the late 1800's-1920's when they burn(ed): Massive ovens w/ temps that gassify the water streams.

  • Volunteer. By the time the fire was discovered, it was way out of control. Several fire departments came in from other towns and faught this thing for hours and even a day later were putting out hot spots. Stuart

  • Curious...was this a paid or volunteer FD?

  • As a church music director and organist, it breaks my heart to watch this unfold. I pray all is well with this church congregation now, I can't imagine the churched I work for going through this!

  • Not to mention a basement.

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