• Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo grandstand fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo arena after the June 27 fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Burned debris that firefighters pulled out from under the grandstands sits in the grass on Tuesday. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • The aftermath of the Frolic & Rodeo arena grandstand fire. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Fire-damaged barrels sit under the grandstands. (Photo provided by Philomath Fire & Rescue)
  • A view of the burned sections in the grandstands. (Photo by Logan Hannigan-Downs/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo grandstands fire (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo grandstands fire (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Monroe firefighters spray water in an area underneath the grandstands. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Smoke pours out of the grandstand sections burned by the fire. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo grandstands fire (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo grandstands fire (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Firefighters spray water onto the grandstands at the rodeo grounds late Monday. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire & Rescue’s Rich Saalsaa, left, and Philomath Frolic & Rodeo’s Chris Workman look at the damage. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • A firefighter rakes through fire debris under the grandstands. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo grandstands fire (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Frolic & Rodeo grandstands fire (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • A portion of the Philomath Fire & Rodeo grandstands burned late Monday night. (Photo provided by Jacob Coon/Philomath Police Department)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.