About 25 to 30 acres burned during a Thursday fire in Ingleside on the Bay. It took about 40 firefighters about two hours to control the fire, located near the 600 block of Live Oak Street. The fire started about 2:30 p.m. and threatened six homes but no injuries were reported, an official said. Ingleside [...]
Houston firefighters battled a blaze at a low-rise office building in midtown early this morning. The fire broke out about 3:45 a.m. at a four-story building in the 2800 block of San Jacinto. Firefighters extinguished the flames about 45 minutes later. But they stayed at the building for about three hours as they tried to [...]
Firefighters Thursday battled an overnight fire at an apartment complex on Houston’s south side. A mother and her four children barely escaped from the raging fire at Odin near La Salette. Neighbors helped them get out just in time. The fire was contained mainly to the one unit where the family lived. No word on [...]
An explosion forced the closure of part of Highway 7 in Leon County Wednesday evening after lightning struck a piece of oil field equipment. Leon County Sheriff Jerry Wakefield reports crews from the Marquez salt water treatment plant called 911 to report a fire. Firefighters from Marquez responded and immediately called every surrounding fire department [...]
Temple firefighters responded to a house fire Thursday morning at 1809 S. 45th Street. Firefighters found flames coming from behind the refrigerator, and were able to quickly put out the flames. The fire caused extensive heat damage to the kitchen and some damage to other rooms. A 79-year-old woman and three visiting family members were [...]
The newest addition to the city’s fire department is one hot dog – a Dalmatian that stands between 6 and 7 feet tall. Sparky is an educational resource that enhances the fire department’s ability to teach fire prevention and safety, Fire Chief Jack Collier said. The mascot is to fire safety as McGruff is to [...]
Fire crews were called out to the Bluffs at Berkshire Apartments around 7:45 p.m. They were met with heavy flames at the apartment complex located off of Interstate-35 between William Cannon Drive and Stassney Lane. Apartment residents were evacuated as about 60 firefighters worked for more than an hour to knock the fire down. The [...]
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