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Victoria woman, 66, dies in apartment fire

A Victoria woman died Thursday in a fire that blazed for 45 minutes at an east Victoria apartment complex. Wanda Carroll, 66, was the only fatality in the early morning fire at Stratford Place, 3207 E. Airline Road. The Victoria Fire Department responded to the fire call at 3:06 a.m. and upon arrival found an [...]

Hudson firefighter pulls woman out of burning car

A woman may have a Hudson firefighter to thank for saving her life after he pulled her out of a burning car Wednesday night. According to Chris Smith, he was called out to a vehicle fire after 9 p.m. on Old Bonner Road. Smith said a woman named Elizabeth Ruiz had apparently lost control of [...]

Friday Morning Fire in Bell County

A family of five is homeless Friday following an early morning fire that gutted their mobile home. The fire started around 6 a.m. Friday in mobile home located in the 11100 block of Irene Lane in rural Bell County near Salado. The first units of Salado Fire Department on the scene reported the home was [...]

3rd body found after Cockrell Hill apartments fire

A third body was discovered Sunday evening after a major fire at a Cockrell Hill apartment complex early Saturday, officials said. Officials said late Sunday that family members had called police that afternoon to report that a man was still missing after the fire at La Villa Roma apartments. Dallas Fire-Rescue searched the site of [...]

Arsonists strike again in Corpus Christi

Fire and police officials are investigating a rash of intentionally set fires on Lawton Street, where a third blaze was started Wednesday night. Assistant Fire Marshal Andy Cardiel said that since May 16 firefighters have been to the 2800 block of Lawton Street three times for fires set in two abandoned homes. “We’re confident these [...]

Firefighters help Seguin to stay cool

Who’d have thought it, but firefighters are not fans of hot weather. First, it helps a fire spread and makes fighting it that much harder — particularly in the heavy protective gear firefighters must wear. But the heat also increases the danger to those with breathing problems, particularly in instances when they don’t have and [...]

Burning body found on San Antonio South Side

Homicide detectives are investigating after a human body was found burning on the South Side. Police said witnesses spotted something burning under a bridge near Villamain Road and Loop 410 around 1:30 a.m. Friday. Investigators confirmed it was a human body that had been set on fire. Read story by Crystal Mazza at WOAI News, [...]