A wildfire burned about half of the small town of Wooldridge, Missouri Saturday. The fire started from a combine that was harvesting crops and spread into the town pushed by 25 to 35 mph winds with low relative humidity.
Authorities said 23 structures were destroyed or heavily damaged. No one was killed and one person was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, but the entire town of 100 people had to be evacuated.
The fire spread into land managed by Big Muddy Fish and Wildlife Refuge.
Interstate 70 was closed due to smoke for about two hours Saturday evening as the 3,000-acre fire was burning.
The Missouri Statewide Mutual Aid system was activated and more than 50 fire departments from across the state responded.
Normal climate change
Sadley this a normal occurrence now-a-days. I don’t know about what the weather should be like in Missouri this time of year. I remember in California when we used to get to wind and rain in the month of October, now we just get wind…we’re going to see a lot more towns burning down unfortunately.