Firefighters rescue Reba McEntire after stairwell collapses in Oklahoma apartment building

Southeastern Oklahoma firefighters and police came to the rescue of country music superstar Reba McEntire on Tuesday after a historic building fell from the stairwells of a historic building, trapping her inside.

McEntire and her team were “checking out an old historic building” in Atoka, about 130 miles southeast of Oklahoma City and 130 miles north of Dallas, when a staircase collapsed, she said. to fans via Twitter.

While my team and I were in Atoka, OK yesterday checking out an old historic building, a staircase collapsed. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. We were safely evacuated from the building thanks to the swift response of the Atoka Fire Department and Police.

– Reba McEntire (@reba) September 15, 2021

“Fortunately, no one was seriously injured,” she wrote. “We were safely evacuated from the building thanks to the prompt response of the Atoka Fire and Police Department.”

McEntire, her boyfriend Rex Linn and other members of her team were on the second floor when two stairs fell in the downtown building being renovated, an official said.

“The historic staircase between the second and third floors collapsed, and when it collapsed, it collapsed onto the staircase from the second to the first floor,” said Travis Mullins, director of the emergency management from Atoka, to KTEN, a subsidiary of NBC.

There was no way for the seven people to get out of the building, until firefighters arrived to bring everyone to safety with a ladder.