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Residents displaced after Longview fire

From The Longview News-Journal Five Longview residents were displaced from their home Wednesday morning after a stove ignited in the home. Longview Fire Department Chief J.P. Steelman said firefighters were dispatched at about 11:20 a.m. to the residence in the 1400 block of Timpson Street in connection with a residential house fire. Steelman said one [...]

Pilfered fire truck from Sand Hills ends up in mud

By Jessica Limmer in The Seguin Gazette Enterprise Thieves found out Tuesday morning that brush trucks aren’t made for joy rides. At about 5 a.m., Seguin police found a brush truck from Sand Hills VFD stuck in the mud in a lot on Violet Street, just south of the Guadalupe River. Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office [...]

Flames destroy abandoned Willis house

By Anna Waugh in The Courier of Montgomery County An abandoned mobile home fire in Willis late Tuesday night is under investigation by the Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office. Neighbors saw a glow coming from a home in the 10700 block of Newton Circle around 11 p.m. and called to report a possible fire, Battalion [...]

Fire Damages Waco Apartment Wednesday

By Justin White at KWTX News, Waco A fire that broke out just before 10 a.m. Monday damaged an apartment in South Waco. No one was hurt. A couch was burning inside a unit of the Kate Ross apartments at 1117 Dutton Ave. when the first crews arrived. Smoke from the fire caused damage throughout [...]

Fire destroys mobile home in southeast Lubbock

By Lester Nelson at KCBD News, Lubbock Investigators are looking into a mobile home fire in southeast Lubbock. A witness saw a mobile home, fully engulfed in flames, around 12:35am, near East 84th Street and MLK. Volunteer firefighters from Woodrow and New Deal helped put out the blaze. Investigators on the scene say the home [...]

Christmas fire destroys homes near Bullard

By Faith Harper in The Jacksonville Daily Progress A Christmas fire destroyed two mobile homes in the Lakeway Harbor subdivision near Bullard. Fire officials said luckily, no one was home during the fires. “They came home the next day to nothing but ash,” Bullard Volunteer Fire Chief Keith Newburn said. Connie Wasson, assistant fire marshal [...]

Rose City fire caused by electrical problems

By Jessica Lipscomb in The Beaumont Enterprise A house fire in Rose City on Tuesday was caused by electrical problems, according to Orange County firefighters. The fire was reported around 10:50 a.m. at a house on the 200 block of Robin Street. Capt. Jerry Aldridge with the Orange County Emergency Services District No. 1 estimated [...]