Fires devastate Stillwater neighborhoods, destroy about 200 Payne County homes

KOCO, By Jason Burger, March 19, 2025

The structural damage left by the fires in Stillwater on Friday devastated several neighborhoods.

Flames pushed by intense winds moved from just west of the Stillwater Country Club northeast into subdivisions in the west part of the city. Officials said about 200 homes were destroyed in Payne County, and that number could go up.

"There’s no rhyme or reason as to why one house is standing and another is not," Director of Stillwater Emergency Management Rob Hill said.

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