WE GET BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS. WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL MORNING. FIREFIGHTERS NEAR CHOCTAW SPENDING HOURS PUTTING OUT THIS FIRE AT AN ANIMAL RESCUE. RIGHT NOW WE’RE STILL WAITING TO GET MORE CONFIRMATION ON EXACTLY HOW MANY ANIMALS WERE INVOLVED, HOW MANY ANIMALS WERE LOST IN THE FIRE. WE DO KNOW THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THEM WERE SAVED, THAT SOME OF THE GOOD NEWS SKY FIVE WAS OVER THE SCENE WHEN IT STARTED ABOUT 7:00. LOOK AT THE MASSIVE FLAMES THAT WERE COMING FROM THIS. WE TALKED TO A VOLUNTEER. THEY TOLD US THE BARN WAS LOST AND THAT’S ACTUALLY WHERE THEY HAD A LOT OF THEIR SUPPLIES, LIKE FOOD AND LEASHES. SO VOLUNTEERS ARE HOPING THEY CAN GET SOME HELP. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO DROP THINGS OFF SUPPLIES, FOOD, WATER, LEASHES, MAYBE. HEY, YOU CAN DO THAT AT THE ROB MOORE SUBARU IN EDMOND. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLL
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Numerous dogs saved after large fire sparks at animal rescue in Choctaw
The rescue’s owner suffered smoke inhalation but is expected to be OK.
Updated: 1:39 PM CST Jan 21, 2025
Authorities say numerous dogs were saved after a large fire sparked Tuesday morning at an animal rescue in Choctaw. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel Sky 5, which is the only news helicopter in the air on weekday mornings, showed large flames coming from an animal rescue on Red Bud Road near Henney Road and Reno Avenue. The flames spread to adjacent buildings. Sky 5 Pilot Chase Rutledge said the rescue is the Fur Ever Friends Rescue. A friend told KOCO 5 that the rescue’s owner saw smoke in a storage barn, called 911 and went to save the dogs. Police said a number of dogs were saved, but some were killed in the fire. The rescue’s owner suffered smoke inhalation but is expected to be OK. The dogs who were saved are being relocated to another animal rescues. The flames destroyed the storage barn, and everything in the barn is gone. Fur Ever Friends Rescue is now in need of donations. A GoFundMe page has been set up, and anyone who would like to donate items can do so at the following locations: Bob Moore Subaru in EdmondDirty Dogs Wash and Groom, 14459 NE 23rd St. in ChoctawMs. Kim’s Barkery and Boutique, 9820 NE 23rd St. in Oklahoma CityIBs at Waterloo & Broadway on Wednesday, Jan. 22 from noon to 2 p.m.Top HeadlinesSome school districts across Oklahoma closed Tuesday due to snow, cold temperaturesWATCH: President Donald Trump’s inaugural addressPerson arrested after running over victim at southwest Oklahoma City gas stationTrump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here’s what may happen next
Authorities say numerous dogs were saved after a large fire sparked Tuesday morning at an animal rescue in Choctaw.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel
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Sky 5, which is the only news helicopter in the air on weekday mornings, showed large flames coming from an animal rescue on Red Bud Road near Henney Road and Reno Avenue. The flames spread to adjacent buildings.
Sky 5 Pilot Chase Rutledge said the rescue is the Fur Ever Friends Rescue.
A friend told KOCO 5 that the rescue’s owner saw smoke in a storage barn, called 911 and went to save the dogs. Police said a number of dogs were saved, but some were killed in the fire.
The rescue’s owner suffered smoke inhalation but is expected to be OK. The dogs who were saved are being relocated to another animal rescues.
The flames destroyed the storage barn, and everything in the barn is gone.
Fur Ever Friends Rescue is now in need of donations. A GoFundMe page has been set up, and anyone who would like to donate items can do so at the following locations:
- Bob Moore Subaru in Edmond
- Dirty Dogs Wash and Groom, 14459 NE 23rd St. in Choctaw
- Ms. Kim’s Barkery and Boutique, 9820 NE 23rd St. in Oklahoma City
- IBs at Waterloo & Broadway on Wednesday, Jan. 22 from noon to 2 p.m.
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