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Pregnant woman, firefighter injured after fire truck collides with SUV

By Mike Glenn in The Houston Chronicle A Houston Fire Department truck collided with a sport utility vehicle in the Montrose area Tuesday, sending the driver and a firefighter to the hospital, authorities said. The crash happened about 3:45 p.m. when a woman in a Chevrolet Tahoe pulled into the 2000 block of Dunlavy from [...]

Killeen Exchange Club honors Heights police officer, firefighter

By Mason W. Canales in The Killeen Daily Herald The Killeen Exchange Club recognized the Harker Heights police officer and firefighter of the year with plaques at a Monday lunch. Harker Heights Police Sgt. Tammy Pearson and Harker Heights Firefighter Shane Coulston both accepted their awards from the organization that praised their service to the [...]

88-year-old woman, firefighters injuried in house fire

From The Austin American-Statesman A fire is out at an East Austin home where one woman and a firefighter were injured, an official said. The fire began around 12:15 p.m., said Battalion Chief Thayer Smith. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the fire or the extent of the damage, Smith said. A passer-by noticed smoke [...]

Trailer catches fire in West Odessa

From The Odessa American Online A trailer caught fire around 12:30 p.m. Monday in the 8700 block of West 24th Street, Odessa Fire Department Capt. Pat Land said. No one was living in the trailer at the time of the fire, owner Jessica Esparza said. The trailer was intended for her daughter, Esparza said, but [...]

El Paso: 11 fire-related deaths most in decades

By Maggie Ybarra in The El Paso Times The El Paso Fire Department is fighting its way through its deadliest year since 1916, fire officials said Monday. Eleven people have died in El Paso fires this year, said Fire Inspector John Concha. That number is uncommonly high and second only to 1916 when a City [...]

Nightclub suffers damage from fire

From The Wichita Falls Times Record News Race Rutledge and his family watched 32 years of work go up in flames early Sunday. Rutledge and his wife, Elsie, operated Texas Nite Life, a nightclub on Archer City Highway. Shortly after closing at 2 a.m. Sunday, the Rutledges noticed smoke coming from the backroom of the [...]

Fire started in McKinney medical building, cause remains unknown

By Danny Gallagher in The McKinney Courier-Gazette A medical building near Medical Center of McKinney caught on fire over the weekend. The fire started sometime before 4:20 p.m. Sunday in the building located at 4510 Medical Center Drive, a building located near MCM but not connected to the hospital, McKinney fire officials said. McKinney Assistant [...]