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Tractor-trailer fire snarls far North Side traffic

By Eva Ruth Moravec in The San Antonio Express-News Traffic jammed early Monday on the far North Side, where a tractor-trailer caught on fire, causing officials to close lanes of traffic on Loop 1604. San Antonio Fire Department’s hazardous materials team worked to clean up diesel fuel spilled by the truck around 8 a.m., well [...]

Houston home catches fire after family uses fireplace

From KPRC News, Houston A house fire may have ignited from its fireplace Sunday. The fire sparked around 11:30 p.m. at a home on Irish Hill Drive and Donforth Drive in southwest Houston. According to Houston firefighters, the homeowner decided to start a fire in the fireplace due to the cold weather that was moving [...]

Fire rips through one-story home in southeast Houston

From KHOU News, Houston See video here. Authorities are investigating a fire that ripped through a one-story home in southeast Houston on Sunday. Firefighters arrived to the scene near the intersection of Florida and Brewster around 3:30 a.m. and found flames shooting from the front of the house. They made a fast attack and got [...]

Fire rekindles at Westlake home damaged in weekend fire

From KVUE News, Austin Firefighters were called out just before 5 a.m. Monday to the Lost Creek Subdivision off Port Royal and Cape Coral Drive. They responded to a fire that had rekindled after an earlier fire just 24 hours before. During Sunday’s fire, the family escaped and no one was hurt. Fire officials don’t [...]

Unattended Cooking to Blame for Temple Fire

From KCEN News, Waco Temple An investigation has concluded that unattended cooking is to blame for a small Temple house fire that occurred Sunday morning. Temple firefighters and EMS arrived to the 800 block of South Henderson Street after a call was made at 6:17 a.m. for a fire that had originated in the house’s [...]

Generator saves fish during Harker Heights house fire

From The Killeen Daily Herald</a> A fire Thursday night required the use of an electrical generator to save several fish. Harker Heights Fire Department Capt. Jimmy Carson said the department loaned a generator to residents of a home in the 200 block of Arrowhead Drive after firefighters cut power to the home in response to [...]