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Collinsville,
Oklahoma
June
9, 2011
Fire
At Scoops & Grinds
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A
Contained Fire Caused Damage
At 11th & Main Ice Cream Shop Downtown
Thursday
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Home
(email questions/comments to wrightted@aol.com).
Ted Wright -- last update 6/9/2011 (FireScoops11thMain.html)
www.cvilleok.com
Copyright 2011 -- Collinsville, Oklahoma
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Business owners
are Chris Broyles & Judy Davis. The building is owned by the family
of the late A.B. (Bus) Bayouth.
The original building
was built in 1910 as a bank but has had many occupants over the past
century.
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The
photo above was my first view of the scene with Coach Bob Pratt & wife Susan
outside the building having just called 9-11 to report a possible electrical
fire. They smelled smoke as they entered the Scoops & Grinds building at
11th & Main approximately 5 minutes before 4pm Thursday. Smoke was first
visible inside the popular ice cream shop and moments after I arrived smoke
began pouring out the vents on the west side of the shop facing 11th street
(below). -- Ted Wright
This
is the 3rd view in the sequence as flames then appeared inside the Scoops &
Grinds office at the ceiling (before fire fighters arrived) adjacent to the
outside smoke on the west side of the building.
This
photo (after fire fighters had the flames extinguished), shows some of the burn
damage in the same ceiling location as above. I don't know yet how much water
or smoke or utility damaged the shop or contents sustained but would speculate
they will be shut down for at least a few days which might cost them what likely
would have been a huge business day this Saturday with thousands of people downtown
for Hogs 'N' Hot Rods. Hopefully they can make enough repairs or temporary work
arounds to have something in operation by then. -- Ted
Within
minutes of Collinsville City Fire fighter arrival on the scene the flames had
worked through the wooden cover on a former window adjacent to a utility area
(above and right)
City
fire fighters donned their protective gear and breathing tanks before entering
the door to extinguish the flames and clear the smoke.
After
the flames were extinguished downstairs, smoke started emerging from upstairs
windows (in what I believe are unoccupied storage rooms). Firefighers then started
work upstairs but I don't know if it was just clearing smoke or if flames made
their up there via wall or floor. One window on the west side was knocked out
and a window cover on the north side was removed (with a fire fighter visible
in that window).
It
was already hot outside for this early in summer, but with full gear and working
inside a smoke filled building the fire fighters (both city & rural) took
turns and rest periods to swap out breathing tanks until the scene was cleared
about 2 hours after the initial call.
| Main
Street Community Followup |
Ted,
I appreciate your coverage of the fire this afternoon at Scoops &
Grinds, however I think the real story was what happened after the fire
was out. It was amazing to me to see how the Main Street community came
together to help Chris and Judy. Within an hours time Tharyn Nachtigall
had graciously opened the doors to his newly renovated building next door
and allowed them to move their freezers in to be plugged in to save the
ice-cream. James Roderick on the board of Collinsville Downtown Inc. had
already arranged for a 220 generator to be delivered should they need
to power the freezers. It was amazing to watch as members of CDI (Preston
Haley) and even police officers were right there pitching in to get the
freezers moved and salvaging as much as they could. Judy has been working
so hard for weeks preparing for Hogs 'N' Hot Rods making the homemade
ice-cream it was heartbreaking to think that it was all going to melt.
The Collinsville Mainstreet community is just that. A real community,
willing to help one another and fill the needs of those within it. I am
proud to be a part of Main Street and equally proud to have my business
in downtown Collinsville. I am sending pictures of the aftermath from
my phone. I hope you will share the real story of what makes Collinsville
the stand up community that it is.
Sherry Campbell, Owner
All Dolled Up Bridal & Tuxedo
(6/9/2011)
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Submitted
aftermath photos and comment added at bottom of page -- 10:20pm Thursday
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