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Cigarette sets Beaumont hotel room ablaze

By Beth Rankin in The Beaumont Enterprise
A fire broke out in a Travel Inn hotel room just before 3 a.m. this morning, according to Capt. Brad Penisson with the Beaumont Fire Department. No one was injured in the fire, which caused one wing of the hotel at 2690 Interstate 10 East to be evacuated.
The fire [...]

Mattress fire guts Beaumont motel room

From The Beaumont Enterprise
No one was hurt when a motel room caught fire early this morning at 3515 College St., Capt. Earl White of the Beaumont Fire Department said at about 7:30 a.m. A call about the fire at the Economy Inn came in at about 2:30 a.m., and three engines, two aerial trucks and [...]

Mattress fire guts motel room

From The Beaumont Enterprise
No one was hurt when a motel room caught fire early this morning at 3515 College St., Capt. Earl White of the Beaumont Fire Department said at about 7:30 a.m. A call about the fire at the Economy Inn came in at about 2:30 a.m., and three engines, two aerial trucks and [...]

Beaumont Firefighters get $166,400 federal grant

From The Beaumont Enterprise
Beaumont Fire-Rescue will receive a grant of $166,400, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced Thursday. The federal money can be used for training and operations, and to purchase firefighter safety and rescue equipment, according to Cornyn’s news release. It comes through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with [...]

Apartment fire appears to be deliberate

By Ken Fountain in The Beaumont Enterprise
A fire which engulfed two apartments in the one-building Cardinal Square complex in the 1200 block of Saxe Street Sunday night appears to have been deliberately set, Beaumont Fire & Rescue Capt. Brad Pennison said. There is a suspect, but that person was not in custody as of press [...]

Cooking fires ignite homes over weekend

By Margaret Toal in The Beaumont Enterprise
Cooking fires, one inside and one outside, put two families out of their homes during the weekend. Shawn Jones had watched Beaumont firefighters put out the flames in her wood-frame house, but not before one side was gutted. The bedroom side had smoke damage, Beaumont Fire Department Capt. Brad [...]

Beaumont details expense cuts, fire department changes

By Ashley Rodrigue in The Beaumont Enterprise
The City of Beaumont is giving more details tonight about its decision to cut expenses in several city departments, including the fire department, due to a declining sales tax base. City Manager Kyle Hayes says when December 2009 sales numbers came in two-times lower than planned, leaving the city [...]