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Apr 9, 2009 9:34 pm US/Central

Man Loses Home To Fire 2 Days After Wife Dies

Reporting
Carol Cavazos
BOONSVILLE, Texas (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― Otis Baird lost his home in the brush fires that hit Wise County Thursday.

"It's going to be extremely bad for him because of his situation," said his friend, Billy McFarland. "He just lost his wife a day or two ago. He was gone to do visitation with his wife. Now and this is what happened."

Boonsville Firefighters say they did everything they could to save the home.

"We had several trucks on it. Fire got too intense. Fire got too hot. We had to pull out," said Jason Jones, a Boonsville firefighter. Jones is also Baird's nephew.

"It was just a bad deal. It's part of it. It's life. You never understand it but it happens for a reason I guess," Jones said.

The Boonsville fire consumed 250 acres before it was half contained.

"We've lived here since 1990. We've never had anything like this before so. We're shocked," said Boonsville resident Shirley Rohmer.

Resources were stretched.

Boonsville, with a department of 17 volunteers, needed help from surrounding fire departments. Using fire to fight fire, firefighters burned away excess fuel the fire may look for during the night.

A fund has been set up for Mr. Baird at First Financial Bank, P.O. Box 37, Bridgeport, TX 76426.

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