From KENS News, San Antonio
A fire broke out in a tower at a cement factory on San Antonio’s northeast side Friday morning. The Capitol Cement plant is in the 11500 block of Nadogdoches Road near Wurzbach Parkway.
The fire was inside a tower referred to as a coal vat. Responding firefighters initially flushed the tower with [...]
Woman found baby in back of SUV at laundromat, firefighter says
By Katherine Rosenberg and Steven Alford in The Corpus Christi Caller Times
A newborn was abandoned in the back of an open SUV outside a laundromat Monday morning. When the woman who owned the SUV returned and saw the boy wearing only a diaper and wrapped [...]
By Steven Alford in The Corpus Christi Caller Times
Fire companies from several surrounding cities assisted firefighters Wednesday in Taft to extinguish flames on more than 30 large modules of cotton that burned through the night. The fire broke out about 5 p.m. at Taft Gin and Seed, located just north of Taft, burning a large [...]
By KGNS News in Laredo
Surrounding areas will soon have a new volunteer fire department, but getting one up and running could take some time. Pro 8 News Reporter Brenda Medina went to El Cenizo Wednesday to take a look at the ins and outs of having a volunteer fire department.
“Every time we see the truck, [...]
By KGNS News, Laredo
Webb County has a fire chief on staff to help run a new fire department which must be in place in about a month’s time. Come September 30th, the City of Laredo will cease to offer fire and emergency services to Webb County, and that means quick action.
County commissioner posted the position [...]
By Steven Alford in The Corpus Christi Caller Times
Aransas Pass firefighters were called about 5 a.m. to the marina, 426 Ransom Road, after reports of a boat on fire. Upon arrival firefighters realized it quickly had spread farther down the docks and called for assistance.
“There were multiple boats in flames by the time we got [...]
By Lindsay Machak in The McAllen Monitor
The Mission Fire Department rescued nine Mexican nationals who were stranded in the river Thursday. Border Patrol agents dispatched the Mission dive team for assistance at about 9:30 a.m. Captain Joel Dominguez said.
“There were still a couple people left out there,” he said. “But they were evading from [...]
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