A Creek County Volunteer Fire Department lost a truck in a brush fire they were fighting Sunday.
The fires they were working rekindled Monday in high winds, burning hundreds of acres. A church was left with minor damage and a travel trailer burned nearby. No one was hurt.
The Freedom Hill Volunteer Fire Department had two firefighters in a brush rig Sunday, when they drove onto soft ground, got stuck, and quickly ran out of water. Several neighbors, including Gary Scott, tried to help.
"They didn't have water, so we used two fire extinguishers and got enough garden hose out there, and we had it put out, we thought," Scott said.
Scott said their water ran short, and the truck continued burning.
Freedom Hill, like many small departments, don't have extra equipment or the capacity to immediately replace what they lost. They only carried liability insurance on the truck that burned.