By Terri Gruca at KVUE News in Austin
Fire investigators are still trying to figure out what started a massive apartment fire at the Bainbridge Apartments Sunday. The fire left more than 40 people displaced and caused a million dollars in damage. Investigators are still talking to piece together what happened. Witnesses say the fire started [...]
By Patrick George in The Austin American-Statesman
Photo by Larry Kolvoord in The Austin American-Statesman
Photos of fire from The Austin American-Statesman
The Fontenettes lost their home on Sunday for the second time in five years. They were among the thousands of New Orleans residents who came to Texas seeking a new place to live after Hurricane Katrina [...]
From News 8, Austin
An electrical fire in East Austin caused $85,000 damage and injured two firefighters Thursday. Firefighters battled a fire at a home in the 1000 block of Valdez Street. The fire broke out in the second story of the home.
Two firefighters suffered minor injuries in the fire. One firefighter was injured by falling [...]
From KXAN News, Austin
A family is without a place to call home after flames ripped through their garage and house Wednesday night. The fire destroyed two vehicles in the garage at the home in the 7700 block of Mesa Drive. Emergency crews got the call just after 6 p.m.
Austin Fire Department officials said the [...]
From News 8 Austin
An Austin Police officer is now in stable condition at Brooke Army Medical Center after suffering second and third degree burns. According to EMS, 37-year-old Anh “Bobby” Vu is recovering from burns after he was injured early Wednesday morning. The officer, an 11-year veteran, was working at the Cottages Apartments, located [...]
By Mose Buchele at KUT News, Austin
Austin’s proposed 2011 budget creates ten new firefighter positions. On top of those, there are 80 existing vacancies, with several retirements anticipated within the next few months. Chief Rhoda May Kerr says it’s a mystery why so many firefighters have recently left the department.
“There is no understanding it,” [...]
From Jessica Vess at KVUE News, Austin
See photos of ceremony here.
An Austin firefighter received full honors Tuesday morning more than 90 years after his death. Austin Firefighter James T. Glass was buried in North Austin at the Walnut Creek Baptist Cemetery in 1917. He never had a headstone marking his grave site. It was [...]
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