STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — Many nowadays have security cameras set up around their homes, and the last thing they want to see is a fire threatening their property. An Oklahoma couple with a camper at Lake Carl Blackwell in Stillwater experienced this frightening moment firsthand last Friday whe n wildfires broke out in the area. The couple says they are among the lucky ones because they were spared by the fire, however, others suffered a different fate and are now left with only memories. Lake Carl Blackwell fire leaves many without campers Sadly, this is just one of many heartbreaking stories still emerging after last week's wildfire outbreak. "It's also a terrifying thing to sit there and, and watch everything you own, possibly just disappear in the fire," said Gary Powell, a camper at Lake Carl Blackwell. All Powell could do was watch through his ring camera as fast-moving flames approached his camper at Lake Carl Blackwell on Friday while he was out of town. "You don't know what's going to happen," Powell said. "There's nothing you can do." However, Powell was lucky, those flames never reached his camper, but unfortunately, the same cannot be said for his neighbors. "We had a lot of friends that have lost campers, boats, jet skis," said Powell. "Your helicopter pilot actually Saturday morning, his report was the first confirmation I had that my spot was gone," said Ronnie Deane, also a camper at Lake Carl Blackwell. Yukon native Ronnie Deane says he has had a camper at the lake for years. He loves to get away and relax on the water. He wasn't sure if his camper survived until he watched News 4 on Saturday morning. "The memories that I have though, like the deck that I had around my camper, and the dock, or things that my father and I built," Deane said. "He passed away a year and a half ago, or two and a half years ago, and he helped me build those things. Now those things are gone. I have a 16-year-old that passed away from cancer about four years ago. He basically grew up there and so it's going to be tough to rebuild those things because, you know, that's something that he'll never get to see." Deane says this tragedy has taught him something. "Cherish what you do have because you never know when it's going to be gone," said Deane. Both men say they have never experienced something like this before, and while things may never be the same, they plan to rebuild what was lost and begin a new chapter at the lake. ...read more read less