Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
One of two pilots brought in planes filled with water to help firefighters on the ground during last week's fire, the second major blaze of the summer in the Odessa area. The truck crew made sure to record the event on their smart phones.
Odessa's rural and town-based firefighters had their hands full again this past week, as a wildfire northwest of town raged through wheat stubble, CRP and sagebrush, threatening several ranch and farm homes in its path. No homes were lost or damaged but haystacks went up in flames, and a small herd of goats was also caught by the rapidly spreading conflagration and perished at the Finney farmstead, according to a member of the fire department. All other livestock and structures were able to be delivered from the fire by the hard-working crews.
Two crop-dusting airplanes piloted by Joel Sherwoo...
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