News From Around The State of Texas

3-Alarm Fire In South Austin

July 27th, 2008

KXAN — A massive fire at an apartment complex in South Austin leaves nearly 40 people homeless. The blaze broke out at about three Sunday afternoon at The Retreat at Barton Creek Apartments, in the 38-hundred block of South Lamar. Firefighters say this is a lesson in just how quickly fire can spread in these hot windy conditions. Read More »

30 Departments fight 3,000 acre fire in Comanche County; 1 FF injured

July 24th, 2008

Video report from KXXV, Waco
Reported by The Abilene Reporter-News
Firefighters from approximately 30 departments were battling a grass fire for the second day in Comanche County late Wednesday afternoon. The Texas Forest Service reported the fire, 20 miles east of Comanche near Lamkin in Comanche County, had burned 3,000 acres, destroyed one home and two outbuildings. Read More »

FF Injured at Three-alarm blaze in Amarillo

July 24th, 2008

By Dan Packard, The Amarillo Globe-News
Photo by Michael Norris, The Amarillo Globe-News
A firefighter was hospitalized with minor injuries he suffered Wednesday afternoon while battling a three-alarm residential blaze in southwest Amarillo. The firefighter, who was not identified, received his injuries about 20 minutes into the firefighting effort when a ceiling in the two-story house at 4211 Palacio Drive fell on him, said Lt. Jeremy Hill of the Amarillo Fire Department. Read More »

Evacuation order lifted; 4 Alarm Frisco fire under control

July 21st, 2008

Report and photo from The McKinney Courier-Gazette
By Marissa Alanis, The Dallas Morning News
Frisco city officials have lifted an evacuation order initiated while firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze at a manufacturing company Sunday. Read More »

Missouri Firefighter Killed, Two Officers Shot

July 21st, 2008

Raw footage from KWTX, Waco
By Pat O’Connell, Kim Bell, and Carolyn Tuft,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A rookie firefighter was killed and two police officers were wounded when a gunman opened fire in Maplewood early today. The gunman might still be holed up in a burning home, and police sharpshooters have swarmed the neighborhood near South Big Bend Boulevard and Zephyr Place. The dead firefighter has been identified as Ryan Hummert, 22. Read More »