It took nearly two weeks, but the fire at Gem Dirt is out.
It’s a welcome relief for Jenks residents, who dealt with heavy smoke covering their neighborhood for 11 days.
The fire began at the local soil supplier on March 17th. While crews contained outward flames, the mulch pile allowed for heat and fire to build beneath the surface, leaving thick insufferable smoke covering the nearby neighborhoods for a week and a half.
“Now our house is covered in ash on the inside and we have baking soda all over everything to get the smell out, but we just don’t have any ability to start the cleaning process until the smoke stops,” said Claira White…