Lionel Ramos
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NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-16-2025 3PM EDT
The central Oklahoma town of Stillwater was one of the worst damaged by Friday's rampant fires. It's a college town, home to about 50,000 people, surrounded by vast swaths of dry plains. Natalie Brown is Stillwater Public Schools Family Resource Specialist. She says people were prepared for the wind.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-16-2025 3PM EDT
Less than 12 hours later, Brown would find herself setting up a small triage center for displaced families in Stillwater. About 50 homes were lost in town. Throughout the day, people stopped by to pick up a toothbrush, shoes, an outfit, whatever they needed to start over. For NPR News, I'm Lionel Ramos.