Oklahoma Co. field appraisers assessing wildfire damage
Mar 20, 2025
OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - On Thursday, Demetrius and Morgan Mayhue said reality is starting to set in.
“I just put my faith in Jesus and trust that he's going to get us through this,” said Morgan Mayhue.
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On Friday, the couple’s home near NW 117th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. went up in flames.
“I don't have a word to describe what it felt like,” said Morgan.
Now the home where the Mayhue’s were raising six kids is so charred, it’s unrecognizable.
"I was very surprised that it was my house out of all houses,” said Demetrius Mayhue.
Oklahoma County field appraisers were out Thursday inspecting their home, as well as about three dozen others across the county.
"We have an opportunity of being able to reduce the property tax obligation of people who've had their homes destroyed,” said Larry Stein, the Oklahoma County Assessor. “We'll be able to reduce the value, which will impact their property taxes and prevent them from having to pay property taxes on a home that they can't live in."
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Stein said the value of the land will still be evaluated and property owners will have to pay taxes on that.
He also added that devastating tragedies like these tend to put life in perspective.
"It's terribly sad,” said Stein. “But these kinds of disasters are things that can give everybody a reality check about what's important and what kind of things are impacting someone's life."
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