8-9-2014 Ride & Matoaka town Fire Damage PICS

We had 4 ATV's that started with us but it was raining so hard when we started they didn't even make it a mile and they said they was calling it quits and was driving the 2 hour drive back home    I don't have a windshield either but I wasn't scared    

We got a late start because of the riders that went home were pretty late so we started about 10:30am It poured rain until around noon and then it cleared up and was nice until 4:30pm and it started back up again.We were a mile or so from Matoaka and you could still smell the smoke in the air from the smoke rising and the fire happened yesterday morning.We saw some flames still in the buildings floors.We got back to Matoaka at 5:15pm with 83.5 miles ridden according to my trip.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rdd8/sets/72157645906629708/

   Did u find out what started the fire

Cool pics!

big g wrote:

   Did u find out what started the fire

A local told me this evening when we got back to town that the guy was in one of the buildings stealing copper and his cigarette started the fire.I don't know if that is true.

Thanks for the info Bobby

Cool pics.

  

Looks like a fun ride even with the rain.  Thanks for the ride-a-long in pictures.  Sorry to see the town had a fire.  It is always a sad day with that kind of town loss...MD

Nice pics Bobby,

............. nice pictures!!!

Those fire pics look pretty nasty!

Nice pics Bobby, looks like the fire was right in downtown, was it a business or Vacant?

ElmoEOD wrote:

Nice pics Bobby, looks like the fire was right in downtown, was it a business or Vacant?

Not sure how many buildings had a business in them but one for sure and I was told there was one person living in the top of one.

Wow, that made a mess. Looks like you had a good time regardless of the rain. Maybe you should consider delivering the mail in that Wildcat. 

Yea they charged one man and he's under I million Bond, they stated that he was charged because he didn't call 911 or report the fire and got scared and ran off. He did start the fire and believed to caused 4 million in damages. Also charged 2 more guys for drug processions and morecharges that were harassing the firemen.

Here's a link to the story on our local news station on the arrest 

Man Faces Arson Charge after Fire Destroys Four Buildings
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Man-Faces-Arson-Charge-after-Fire-Destroyed-Four-Buildings-270742321.html