A shelter was established at the Pratt Community Center Wednesday afternoon to aid evacuees from a massive wildfire in Barber County. One family from Medicine Lodge, 30 miles to the south, stayed overnight, along with five local Red Cross volunteers. They have cots on hand to accommodate 75 people.When volunteers get a call to mobilize, they are given a number of people to expect. Twenty to thirty percent of that number actually using the [...]
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