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Runners on 9-11 trek come through Beaumont

From The Beaumont Enterprise
The Tour of Duty LA to New York runners, who are paying tribute to the victims and honoring the emergency service workers involved in the 9-11 attacks, will be coming through Beaumont Wednesday morning.
According to information from Capt. Brad Penisson of the Beaumont Fire Department, police and firefighters will meet the travelers [...]

Garage fire leaves 20 percent of Beaumont man’s body burned

From The Beaumont Enterprise
A garage water heater sparked a fire at a Beaumont house Sunday afternoon, sending the homeowner to the hospital with first- and second-degree burns. A 54-year-old Beaumont man was pouring gas into a weed trimmer in his garage in the 9500 block of Gross Street when the water heater ignited the gas, [...]

Electrical fire at Century Tower evacuates Beaumont building

Teresa Mioli in The Beaumont Enterprise
Sparks flew from an electrical transformer in the basement of Century Tower Wednesday morning and caused an evacuation of the building at 550 Fannin St. in Beaumont. The Beaumont Fire Department responded to a reported explosion and fire just before 9 a.m. and found an electrical transformer sparking in an [...]

Beaumont firefighters rescue man who fell 9 feet into manhole

By Scott Lawrence at KDFM News, Beaumont Port Arthur
Beaumont firefighters have rescued a construction worker who fell into an open manhole and plunged about 9 feet, according to information the Beaumont Fire Department provided to KFDM News. Investigators say the man suffered a broken leg.
A dispatcher says at about 8:30 a.m. Monday the man fell [...]

Rose City man, others recognized

By Teresa Mioli in The Beaumont Enterprise
John Smith had known Larry Ward for less than an hour when he jumped into the water at the Beaumont Yacht Club and saved the 61-year-old from drowning. Smith, a 40-year-old Rose City man, was recognized by Beaumont Fire/Rescue Tuesday along with six Beaumont paramedics and firefighters who helped [...]

Two hurt when truck overturns in downtown collision

Scott Lawrence at KFDM News, Beaumont Port Arthur
Beaumont EMS transported two people to hospitals following a collision in which a truck overturned in downtown, according to information KFDM News obtained from a dispatcher with the Beaumont Fire Department.
Police, Fire and EMS responded to the collision at 11 a.m. Wednesday on Calder at Willow in downtown [...]

Beaumont rescuers honored for saving a life

From KBMT News, Beaumont
Fire Chief Anne Huff Tuesday recognizes a civilian, 3 firefighters, and 2 paramedics in a special ceremony at Fire Headquarters Tuesday.
On June 20, 2010, Beaumont Fire Rescue Engine 7 and Beaumont EMS Med 1 were called to a possible drowning at the Beaumont Yacht Club on Pine Street. Larry Ward had [...]