Couple Loses Their Home, Business In Logan Co. Fires

Recovery efforts have begun in Logan County, one of the hardest hit areas from Friday’s wildfires.

“There just… there’s nothing left,” said Keith Turner, who lost his property in the wildfire. He and his wife Kristi had lived in the house for 14 years and parts of it were even built by their friend Billy.

“The bedrooms on the back weren’t there so I built all that and of course I was in the middle of adding a bathroom to their house,” says Billy Gilmore, a friend of the Turners.

Fourteen years of memories were reduced to smoldering ashes overnight.

“It’s devastating,” said Gilmore. “You see it on movies and TV but you never think it’s going to happen to your friends.

But it was more than just a home. Turner lost his business too.

“I had a shop back here in the back,” Turner said. “I’m a decent mechanic so I work on trucks.”

Half of his property is now a graveyard of vehicles from Turner Garage. The vehicles aren’t just burned but melted by the flames. Despite everything, Turner remained in relatively good spirits.

“Oh you have to,” he says. “It’s just stuff. We’ll just start over.”

Support is already pouring in from friends and neighbors like Billy Gilmore.

“This morning I’m just walking around with him and letting him know I’m here for him,” said Gilmore. “If he needs me to build him a new house I’ll build it.”