By Claudia Grisales in The Austin American-Statesman See photos here. Two firefighters injured Michael Shultz could not believe his eyes: A brush fire that consumed 400 acres of his Belvedere subdivision came within a few feet of his back door, singeing his tomato plant and burning patches of grass and a cedar tree nearby. The [...]
By Kerri Compton at KLTV News, Tyler Longview Jacksonville Emergency crews were called to a house fire in the Lindale area early Thursday morning. According to Smith County authorities, the house in the 14,000 block of County Road 496 off of Sand Flat Road, was fully engulfed when crews arrived on the scene shortly before [...]
From The Longview News-Journal See photos here. Kilgore College’s Tuesday night graduation ceremonies for its fire academy was monumental for two reasons — it was the 80th such graduating class, and it represents the final class that academy founder Mike Earley directed. Earley helped originate the Kilgore College Fire Academy in 1989. Earley has served [...]
By Jimmy Isaac in The Longview News-Journal Directors of the Longview Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund unanimously raised its administrator’s salary Wednesday. The group also set in motion a plan to tie Plan Administrator Shanda Branch’s future salary increases with firefighters’ pay raises. Board Chairman Brian Jones said he will draw up a proposal for [...]
By Jacque Hilburn-Simmons in The Tyler Morning Telegraph Change is in the air at Tyler’s Fire Station 5. The familiar St. Louis area fire house at 2815 Frankston Highway is long overdue for a facelift, but city officials are taking it a step further — by building a whole new station. The $1.7 million project, [...]
By Jesse Martinez in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times See this photo and others by Todd Yates here. For 60 years, Goliad resident King David has visited Goose Island State Park to see an old friend. The Big Tree has stood its ground for more than 1,000 years, but when David saw it Wednesday morning, he [...]
By Claudia Grisales in The Austin American-Statesman Residents evacuated from the Belvedere subdivision during a fire last night will be allowed to return at 9 a.m., an official said. The fire in the western Travis County subdivision remains 80 percent contained, said John Durham, an assistant chief for the Lake Travis Fire Rescue. After a [...]
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