A commercial building housing Winfield’s Powder Valley Outdoor Sports sustained heavy fire damage early Sunday when flames swept through the warehouse and processing areas, authorities said.
The Winfield Fire/EMS Department was dispatched around 2:35 a.m. to 17295 151st Road and found the structure heavily involved. Firefighters launched a defensive attack after learning no one was working inside. As additional units arrived, crews advanced to stop the fire’s spread and secure the building.
Mutual aid came from fire departments in Arkansas City, Atlanta, Burden, Dexter, Oxford and Udall. Crews established a rehab area to monitor the health of emergency personnel.
The Kansas State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating the cause.
Firefighters remained on scene into the day, extinguishing hot spots and conducting overhaul operations.
Authorities said the incident appears unrelated to another structure fire reported the previous evening. Online Cowley County property records show the building is owned by Bryan and Noel Richardson.
Powder Valley specializes in providing reloading and ammunition supplies to shooters and hunters.
The Richardsons posted this message on the Powder Valley site Sunday evening.
To our Powder Valley family,
We’re okay.
The calls you get at 3 a.m. are never the ones you want. Early this morning, a fire tore through our primary warehouse. It’s a devastating, total loss of the building and the inventory inside.
What matters most is that every Powder Valley employee is safe, and so are the first responders who showed up for us. For that, we’re profoundly grateful.
This is a hard day. But this community scraps and fights and lifts each other up. We’ve seen it time and again. We’re going to rally, rebuild, and come back stronger.
If you placed an order, rest assured: we will make it right. Orders that have already shipped will continue moving with tracking as normal. For orders that have not yet shipped, we’re auditing each one. If we can’t fulfill your order, we’ll take care of you — whether that means a refund or an alternative you approve. We have not taken your money for something we can’t deliver, and we won’t ever do that.
Our phones are temporarily offline while we set up an interim solution. If you need us, please email [email protected].
We’re answering as fast as we can and ask for your patience while we work through a very high volume.
Many of you have asked how you can help. We do have a limited selection of products that were stored at a different facility and are ready to ship now. If you’d like to support us during this time, you can shop from that selection here: Available to Ship You can also purchase a Digital Gift Card — usable today on the shippable items or later when our full inventory returns: Gift Card
We’ll keep this page updated as we work through recovery and next steps. Thank you for standing with us — today and in the days ahead.
With gratitude and resolve,
Bryan, Noel, and the Powder Valley Team
For support: [email protected]
Latest updates: Check back on this page for updates below. Any updates will be marked with the date they were made.
