State of Emergency issued for Mannford

The Mayor of the City of Mannford, Clay Abercrombie, has declared a state of emergency for Mannford following devastation due to Friday's wildfires.

In a statement, Abercrombie said,

"Based upon the damage suffered by the City of Mannford and surrounding areas, I have declared a state of emergency for our city. This is necessary to enable the City to access additional resources, to provide continuing emergency measures, and to ensure the City takes all steps necessary to deal with this situation."

Abercrombie said that a number of people lost their homes, but due to the work of the Mannford Fire Department and other city employees, the residents, many volunteers and neighbors, Creek County and the State Emergency Management employees, and the many other departments who assisted, much more loss was avoided.

Luckily, Abercrombie says no lives were lost in Mannford in this event.

He says work is still ongoing to restore utilities in some areas.

The full release can be read below

The Mayor of the City of Mannford, Clay Abercrombie, has provided the following update concerning the issuance of a state of emergency:

"Based upon the damage suffered by the City of Mannford and surrounding areas, I have declared a state of emergency for our city. This is necessary to enable the City to access additional resources, to provide continuing emergency measures, and to ensure the City takes all steps necessary to deal with this situation.

At this point, we have a number of residents whose homes were destroyed, and a number of agencies and volunteers are providing assistance to them. Although there were losses, the work of the Mannford Fire Department and other city employees, the residents, many volunteers and neighbors, Creek County and the State Emergency Management employees, and the many other departments who assisted, we avoided a much larger loss. We are thankful for all of those who have helped and who continue to help. As always in these situations, the Mannford business community is working tirelessly to assist. Continuing help will be needed.

Through a great deal of work overnight, we believe we have kept most utilities available, including water, electric, and natural gas. Work is ongoing to restore other areas.

We are most thankful that there was no loss of life as a result of this event. We will provide updates as we can."

Sincerely,

Clay Abercrombie