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Fire damages two structures in Cleburne+-

By Matt Smith in The Cleburne Times-Review A Tuesday morning fire damaged two outbuildings on a property on the 400 block of Featherston Street. Firefighters said they believe the fire to be electrical in origin but are still investigating the cause. No one was injured in the blaze. Firefighters responded at 5:08 a.m. on a [...]

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Irving

By CYNTHIA VEGA at WFAA News, Dallas An Irving family is recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home. Firefighters were dispatched to the residence in the 4000 block of Tacoma Street just after midnight Tuesday. A man inside reported that he and his family all started feeling sick at about the same time. “After [...]

Slow burn: self-extinguishing cigarettes among new laws that start Friday

By Mike D. Smith in The Beaumont Enterprise They’re called “fire standard compliant cigarettes,” with tobacco encased in extra layers of paper to slow the speed with which cigarettes burn. As of Friday, they will be the only type of cigarettes smokers can buy in Texas. Safety is the stated reason behind the move, which [...]

Fire guts Lufkin home

By Jessica Cooley in The Lufkin Daily News A home on Clark Avenue was gutted by a fire Tuesday afternoon. A woman and three children were home when the blaze broke out, but made it out unharmed. Cynthia Traylor, her son and two grandchildren, all under the age of 11, were watching TV when the [...]

Space heater to blame for Galveston blaze

By Chris Paschenko in The Galveston County Daily News A natural gas heater ignited a fire in a two-story house Tuesday, leaving two people displaced, an official said. Jaurigue Gregoria, 90, suffered from smoke inhalation and was taken to the University of Texas Medical Branch shortly after the 9:44 a.m. blaze, her neighbor, Edelmira Longoria, [...]

Ship Catches Fire in Ship Channel

From KPRC News, Houston Firefighters battled a small fire broke onboard a cargo ship in the Houston Ship Channel. Ambulances, fire trucks and hazmat crews were called to the scene. The fire burned on the bow of the ship. No injuries were reported.

Fire damages West home

By Zlatko Filipovic at KXXV News in Waco A West couple is out of their home after it went up in flames Monday night. The fire happened in the 900 block of North Main Street in West, 20 miles north of Waco, just after 9 p.m. It took three fire departments to get the blaze [...]