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NorthWest Austin House Fire, plane crash linked to same person

By Claudia Grisales : Austin Statesman Fire crews responded this morning to a fire at the home of a person who owned a plane that crashed into a Northwest Austin office building. The house, in the 1800 block of Dapplegrey Lane close to Parmer Lane and Metric Boulevard, was [...]

House Fire in Pearland – Great Pics

t approximately 14:25 hours on 2/4/10, Friendswood VFD was toned out to mutual aid Pearland with a pumper for a fully involved house fire on Highway 35, near Dixie Farm Rd. Friendswood Duty Officer 2199 and Engine 21 (day crew units) immediately responded. Pearland called for a defensive attack and upon arrival, Engine 21 went [...]

Houston Grocery Store Destroyed

neighborhood grocery store in northwest Houston is in now ruins after flames gutted the 5,000 square foot building late last night. When firefighters got to the scene off West Montgomery, they found flames shooting in the air. They originally thought the building was a church, but they soon learned that it was a [...]

TX-NM Medevac Helo Crashes – 3 Dead Including NM FF

The three-member crew of a Southwest Med Evac helicopter died when the aircraft crashed during a training flight at McGregor Range. Officials from Omniflight said in a news release that the helicopter’s pilot and two paramedics were fatally injured when it crashed as it approached a landing zone Friday night. The helicopter was not [...]

Temple First Baptist Church Fire Was Arson, Investigators Say

Someone set the fire that gutted the sanctuary of Temple’s First Baptist Church and an adjoining building on Nov. 19, Temple Fire & Rescue Chief Lonzo Wallace said Friday. A criminal investigation is now underway, Wallace said. Temple and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigators found evidence in the rubble of [...]

Houston City Council approves settlement for fire truck crash death

The Houston City Council approved a settlement of $225,000 Wednesday to be paid to the family of Leigh Boone, the bicyclist killed last year by the collision of two Houston fire trucks. The maximum the family could have received was $250,000 as stipulated by Texas Law. Tort reform caps the amount of damages in an [...]

Gov. Perry Sends Search and Rescue Teams to Aid Earthquake Victims in Haiti

Gov. Rick Perry today sent Texas Task Force One, the state’s elite search and rescue team, to provide assistance in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. He also sent a letter to President Barack Obama offering additional state disaster response resources to assist emergency response teams, rescue workers and medical personnel. Since the U.S. [...]