By Geoff Folsom in The Odessa American Online A year ago, Jerry Johnson was working a disaster of a different kind. Instead of helping on a large wild fire, the jet fuel tanker driver for Columbia Helicopters was stationed in Louisiana for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. “Instead of flying water, you’re flying sandbags [...]
By Matthew Waller in The San Angelo Standard Times A wildfire in Kimble County has destroyed 10 structures, including one primary residence, fire officials said. The Oasis Fire has burned 8,200 acres about 13 miles south of Junction, near the community of Telegraph, said Bridget Litten, a spokeswoman for the Trans Pecos Fire Complex administration. [...]
By Jon Mark Beilue in The Amarillo Globe-News Tod Mayfield and David Pitt finally wound their way to the front of the long line Monday to speak with Josephine Macias, widow of Elias Jaquez, whose casket was just a few feet in front of them at a Dumas cemetery. They each got down on a [...]
By Jessica Cooley in The Lufkin Daily News Shipley Donuts was closed the most of the day Thursday after the building filled with smoke around 8:40 a.m. Lufkin Fire crews surrounded the building Thursday as firefighters searched for the source of the smoke, eventually ruling it an HVAC issue. According to Shipley manager Cyndi Powell, [...]
From The Bryan College Station Eagle Firefighters battled a grass fire off of F.M. 2818 early Thursday evening. The fire was extinguished a little after 9 p.m. and took firefighters about two hours to contain. It consumed a 10-acre wooded area and did not threaten homes in the area. All available brush trucks in the [...]
By Susan McFarland in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Covered in smoke, soot and sweat, they poured out of their fire trucks, grabbed some belongings and made a beeline toward their home for the night–Mineral Wells Junior High School. Along with shower facilities and a cot to sleep on, Red Cross workers at the evacuation center [...]
By Mason W. Canales in The Killeen Daily Herald Two Copperas Cove High School seniors boarded city fire department emergency vehicles for every call from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and will do the same today. Dylan Sadler and Joe Mees, both 18, are participating in the school’s Seek Week and are shadowing firefighters. [...]
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