The Wooldridge, MO fire destroyed this 7-year-old’s home. See the damage through her eyes
On Monday, Tribune photojournalist Madeline Carter was approached by Amira McComb, 7, who was curious about her camera as Carter was documenting the damage done to the McComb family residence by a wildfire in Wooldridge, Missouri.
Carter let Amira borrow one of her cameras and taught her how to capture photos.
When leaving, the Tribune team on the ground found Amira had captured the devastation to her family and wanted to share how she documented the loss. The gallery attached to this article contains Amira's photos.
More:What to know about Wooldridge wildfire, rash of natural cover fires in mid-Missouri
Roughly half of the small central Missouri town burned Saturday after a wildfire spread quickly from a farm field and destroyed or heavily damaged 23 buildings, authorities said.
The fire was the most severe in a rash of natural cover blazes in mid-Missouri since Friday, including multiple in Columbia.
No one died and only one person was taken to a hospital for a non-life-threatening injury, but the entire Village of Wooldridge in Cooper County had to be evacuated Saturday because of the fire that was started in a nearby field by a combine that was harvesting crops.
This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: See Wooldridge, MO fire damage through a 7-year-old's eyes
