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Church Fire in El Paso County

Photos from KFOX, El Paso
Report from KDBC News, El Paso
Video report from KTSM, El Paso
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and Horizon City fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a church fire this morning.

Grass Fire in Wichita County

Video report from KAUZ, Texoma
Fire officials are investigating another grass fire in Wichita County.

Weekend blazes keep Palo Pinto County volunteers busy

By Lacie Morrison, The Mineral Wells Index
Volunteer firefighters from Gordon and Strawn responded early Saturday morning after the Whitehouse Lounge caught fire in Mingus. Gordon Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Albert Dickson said they received the fire call at 2:15 a.m. Saturday for the historic building located in the 300 block of South Mingus Boulevard, [...]

Whitesboro, Collinsville FFs fight house fire

By Mary Jane Farmer, The Sherman Herald Democrat
Wednesday evening’s storm that blew through the southwestern portion of Grayson County could be blamed for a house fire in the 1000 block of North U.S. Highway 377. Whitesboro F.D. Lt. Kyle Maynard said firefighters learned that lightning struck an electricity pole, and it came out on an [...]

5 Departments Fight Brush Fire

By Malena Ogles, The Tyler Morning Telegraph
Multiple volunteer fire departments worked Wednesday to control a brush fire that started from a burn barrel behind a home. Firefighters on scene said debris from the barrel blew away, igniting a wooded area on fire.

Grass fire south of Mexia threatens homes

By Emily Ingram Kaye and Erin Quinn, The Waco Tribune-Herald
Firefighters battled a 150-acre grass fire that threatened homes south of Mexia on Wednesday afternoon.

Grass fire chars mobile home; 1 FF treated for heat exhaustion

By Jessa Grassi, The Temple Daily Telegram
Charred metal and scorched land are the only reminders now of two acres near a Temple home after a grass fire swept through the area Monday. Two acres were ravished along with 30 vehicles and a vacant mobile home. But the families were not in the immediate area [...]