From The Victoria Advocate
All that remains of Eva Meitzler’s one story wood house is a charred frame and memories.
A fire destroyed her home of 45 years on Saturday afternoon. About 3:30 p.m., both the Port O’Connor and Port Lavaca fire departments responded to a house fire in the 300 block of North Madison Street.
Meitzler, 77, [...]
By Kristi Nix in The Journal of Pearland
Plans for the city’s first fire station to be built west of Hwy 288 got the green light Monday night when members of City Council approved a $1.8 million construction contract for Pearland’s fifth fire station. The new facility will be located at 3100 Kirby, across the street [...]
From KPRC News, Houston
A man’s body was found inside a burned-out apartment in southwest Houston late Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported. Houston firefighters said the fire started in a unit at the Silver Springs Apartment complex on South Willow Drive near Post Oak at about 11 p.m.
When firefighters first arrived, they thought the apartment was [...]
From News 8 Austin
A fire lieutenant found an abandoned newborn baby girl at the Killeen Central Fire Station Academy at about 2 p.m. Thursday. Officials said paramedics took her to the hospital, and she is doing well. Doctors said she was only about two hours old when she was abandoned.
In Texas, under the safe [...]
By Victor O’Brien in The Killeen Daily Herald
Thousands of firefighters across the country participate in annual “Fill the Boot” campaigns. For Killeen firefighters, each year’s campaign carries a special reminder.
More than 20 years ago, Killeen fire Capt. Melvin Whiteley died from one of the many conditions that fall under the umbrella term muscular dystrophy. His [...]
By Maggie Ybarra in The El Paso Times
An alert sheriff’s deputy rescued a 77-year-old woman from her mobile home after he saw a large brush fire raging next to it about 10:45 a.m. Thursday. Patrick Gailey, who was off-duty, saw the fire in the 500 block of Joe Angel and quickly realized that high winds [...]
From The Abilene Reporter-News
Yesterday, at about 11:50 a.m., Motorcycle Officer Rodney Holder was attempting to make a traffic stop while northbound on Sayles. A southbound vehicle, attempting a left turn onto South 13th, collided with Rodney’s motorcycle. Officer Holder received fatal injuries from the collision. He was 50 years old.
Rodney graduated from Cooper High School [...]
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