{"id":21951,"date":"2017-02-13T05:44:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T05:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=21951"},"modified":"2017-02-13T05:44:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T05:44:35","slug":"homes-evacuated-amid-okla-city-grass-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/homes-evacuated-amid-okla-city-grass-fire.html","title":{"rendered":"Homes evacuated amid Okla. City grass fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Homes evacuated amid Okla. City grass fire<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Homes evacuated amid Okla. City grass fire:- Firefighters in Oklahoma City were asking residents on the city&rsquo;s southeast side to leave their homes on Sunday after a grass fire burned nearly 900 acres.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">No injuries were immediately reported, but Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson said the fire was burning southward.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Two mobile homes were partially burned and two outbuildings destroyed, but no houses, Fulkerson told The Oklahoman.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The fire was not considered contained by sundown, although it was not spreading, The Oklahoman reported.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The fire&#39;s cause was unknown.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Fulkerson told The Associated Press that 60 to 70 Oklahoma City firefighters were joined by firefighters from about a dozen nearby departments. National Guard helicopters were being deployed to dump water on hot spots, KOCO-TV reported.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The fire also threatened mobile homes in the area, as well as a salvage yard containing vehicles and tires, The Oklahoman reported.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2017\/02\/12\/homes-evacuated-amid-okla-city-grass-fire\/97829670\/<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/homes-evacuated-amid-okla-city-grass-fire.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homes evacuated amid Okla. City grass fire Homes evacuated amid Okla. City grass fire:- Firefighters in Oklahoma City were asking residents on the city&rsquo;s southeast side to leave their homes on Sunday after a grass fire burned nearly 900 acres. 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