By Sarah Moore in The Beaumont Enterprise Fire gutted one apartment and smoke damaged three others, driving the residents of four units of the Colonnade Apartments out of their homes. The fire, caused by an unattended pot on a stove burner, was reported about 11:30 a.m. Sunday at 2570 Sweet Gum Lane, said Capt. Earl [...]
By David Lisenby in The Beaumont Enterprise See photos here. UPDATE: A 100-acre fire that burned through Kountze Thursday evening is out, reports Kountze Fire Chief Jeff LaComb. Firefighters stayed on scene until 9:30 p.m. to extinguish the blaze. The cause, LaComb added, is still under investigation. ORIGINAL REPORTING: Firefighters are battling six separate fires [...]
By NICK WADE/The Lufkin News After a wildfire season in 2011 that saw the Texas Forest Service and fire departments across the state respond to more than 30,000 fires that burned nearly four million acres, both local and statewide officials are beginning to think East Texas may be less susceptible to blazes in the coming [...]
By Sarah Moore in The Beaumont Enterprise A sprinkler system in a Beaumont apartment complex prevented a fire Friday night from causing much damage. Firefighters responded to an alarm in the 2900 block of South Eighth Street about 8:24 p.m., according to a Beaumont Fire Department report. They found that a small fire had started [...]
From KTRE News, Lufkin A cooking fire forced a Lufkin family to evacuate their homes, but they firefighters kept their home from suffering extensive damage to the rest of the house Friday afternoon. The fire started around 4 p.m. on the 100 block of Gatewood Lane, according to a firefighter on the scene. But it [...]
By Julie Garcia in The Beaumont Enterprise The house of an Orange city councilwoman is a “total loss” after becoming completely engulfed in flames Thursday morning. Orange firefighters arrived at 1205 Cypress at around 10:30 a.m. after a neighbor saw the fire and called for help. Councilwoman Annette Pernell was not home at the time [...]
By Steve Knight in The Lufkin News See photos here. An early Saturday morning fire at a south Lufkin apartment complex sent one person to a local hospital. Lufkin firefighters received the call around 5 a.m. Saturday of a fully involved apartment building fire at the Silvercreek Apartment complex on South First Street. “We arrived [...]
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