Friday was a sad day for my family. A huge fire broke out and stretched 15 miles from Petrolia to Henrietta. It ended up burning over 20,000 acres and at some points, the fire was 3 miles wide. In the path was my grandparents oil field which had the hay barn and the house they started living in 1944 when Grandad worked the oil fields. The house was vacant and no belongings in it, just tons of memories. The hay barn had square bales of hay and the hay and back part of barn are gone. Kirk was out at the fire all day. First as a volunteer firefighter with PVFD and then on duty with the Sheriff's Office. Prayers go out to all the firefighters and volunteers that helped fight the fire and to the families that lost property.
For those that know the oil field. This is looking from the Dean lease to the Zachry lease.
Looking from the creek back to Culberson lease with an electrical pole still on fire.
Looking towards the Power from the curve before the creek.
From the Power looking towards the curve before the creek with pipe still on fire under the tree.
The hay barn. Hay in the back was still on fire.
The old home my grandparents lived in is now the light colored rubble.
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