Saturday, July 11, 2009

Anthony Burning





A few days ago I headed down south about an hour and a half to the town of Anthony, Kansas, almost to the Oklahoma border, to cover the aftermath of a devastating fire there. The previous day there had been a large fire that damaged at least six of it's downtown main street buildings. Somehow, under the weight of a truck, part of the alley collapsed behind the buildings, which triggered a gas line rupture. Investigation is still underway as officials access damage and look for the source of the gas line ignition. The source of the gas line ignition is still unknown. High winds also briefly reignited the smoldering ashes in one of the buildings. It's always hard to cover disasters, but luckily no one was killed, and hopefully the rebuilding process will begin soon.

1 comment:

Garrett said...

oddly these remind me of working at the library. especially the do not cross tape. cool stuff.