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Employees Hospitalized From Carbon Monoxide Fumes

By Tim Monzingo in The Tyler Morning Telegraph Employees at a Tyler business evacuated Monday night after high carbon monoxide levels left them feeling ill. Firefighters were called to the Ace Check Cashing building in the 2000 block of West Gentry Parkway around 7 p.m. Initial readings showed carbon monoxide concentrations around 400 parts per [...]

New wildfires reported in Southeast Texas

By Jessica Lipscomb in The Beaumont Enterprise The Texas Forest Service responded to eight new fires Monday, two of which were in Hardin and Tyler counties. New fires: -Hardin County: A fire that started around 1 p.m. in the Sour Lake area grew from 250 acres to about 500 acres, according to firefighters at the [...]

Brownsville Fire Destroys Church Office Building

From KRGV News, Brownsville Harlingen A fire in Brownsville destroys a church office building. Firefighters were called out to the Divine Providence Church on West Price around 5 Tuesday morning. They reported the flames were coming out of the back of the building. It took firefighters about an hour and half to put out the [...]

Kingsville firefighters battle blaze at building supply store

By Steven Alford in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Kingsville firefighters are working to extinguish a blaze at a building supply store on the south side of town. Emergency responders were called about 3 p.m. Tuesday to the business in the 2200 block of South Sixth Street, Kingsville fire officials said. Fire crews from Naval Air [...]

Brush Fire in Bexar County

From KENS News, San Antonio See photos here. Firefighters in southwest Bexar County rushed to contain a brush fire from spreading to nearby homes. Firefighters said the fire started sometime Tuesday afternoon in a field near Palo Alto Road and Loop 1604. The blaze came close to several homes, but was stopped by volunteer firefighters [...]

Arson suspected in Porter wildfire

From James Ridgway Jr. in The Cy-Fair Sun See this photo and others here. A large wildfire in East Montgomery County broke out Monday afternoon, forcing residents on Mace Drive and Joseph Drive to evacuate as the blaze spread. Fire crews from Porter and New Caney, as well as the Texas Forest Service, worked to [...]

Mourners evacuate, coffin saved, amid Galveston church fire

From KHOU News, Houston Some firefighters responding to a Southeast Texas church fire during a funeral carefully removed a coffin as mourners safely evacuated. Galveston Fire Department Chief Jeff Smith says an electrical fire cut power to Wesley Tabernacle United Methodist Church. The small fire was in an area where power lines connect to the [...]