Austin firefighters arrived at the home on Little Emily Way, near Parmer and Yager lanes, and the garage was completely engulfed in flames and spreading toward the house.  The firefighters were able to quickly put out the fire and prevent it from destroying the house.  However, the home did suffer some damage in the fire.

Fortunately, everybody at the house was able to get out safely and without injuries.

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According to officials with the Midland Fire Department, crews responded to the 4900 block of Rustic Trail shortly after 3:00 a.m. Tuesday. Investigators say the blaze possibly started in a roll-off dumpster in front of the house, which was under construction.

Witnesses in the neighborhood reported hearing a large “boom” sound before the fire.

Crews on the scene said the fire was so hot, they were forced to soak a neighboring home and two fire trucks being used to battle the blaze to protect them from heat damage.

Thankfully, nobody was injured in the blaze.

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According to officials with the Corpus Christi Fire Department, the fire occurred on July 19 after a motorized wheelchair began making popping noises. The fire spread through out the living room of the house. Two adults and two teens were able to make it out of the home safely.

Motorized wheelchair fires are not uncommon. In 2000, Invacare Corp. issued a massive recall of motorized wheelchairs because of fires caused by a short-circuit of the chairs battery-charger wiring harness. The recall involved 215,000 motorized wheelchairs.

The manufacturer of the motorized wheelchair involved in the Corpus Christi fire has not been named.

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According to officials with the Dalhart Fire Department, the Dalhart Consumers Fuel Association on Highway 287 caught fire shortly after 7:30. When firefighters arrived at the scene the tire shop was engulfed in flames and smoke. The office received heavy smoke damage.

The fire appeared to be under control by Tuesday morning, but the Dalhart Fire Department is still monitoring the site. A dollar amount of the damage caused is not yet known.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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According to officials with the Wharton Fire Department, Captain Thomas Araguz III and two firefighters ran into a blaze at Maxim Egg Farm in Boling, Texas. The group, including the 30 year-old Araguz, became trapped after about 10 minutes inside the building.

“The heat and the fire really did rapidly intensify,” Deputy State Fire Marshal Jay Evans said. “It was at this time two firefighters made an escape.”

It took nine hours and more than thirty different fire departments to subdue the flames. Araguz’s body was found shortly after 7:00 a.m. Sunday.

A team of twenty-four ATF agents and specialists are investigating the cause of the fire.

“ATF is investigating this tragic fire with the Wharton County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office. We will work together in partnership to determine the origin and cause of this fatal fire,” said ATF Special Agent Dewey Webb.

According to officials with the Cherokee County Fire Department, Ricky Wilburn saved a woman from a mobile home fire that occurred along County Road 1616 outside of Jacksonville shortly after 11:00 a.m. Monday. A woman was asleep in her trailer when the fire started, and woke to find flames at her bedroom door.

“She was hollering for somebody to help her,” said Wilburn. “The fire was done down to this door and I tried to open it and it was nailed shut.” Wilburn says he broke out his window and ripped off the screen yelling for the trapped woman to come towards him.

“I just reached in there, I felt her arms and I just jerked her through the window,” Wilburn said. “That’s all I knew to do because the fire got to her bedroom… She was as black as your britches when she got out. I mean that smoke was like burning tires.”

The woman was transported to a local hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and is expected to make a full recovery.

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The explosion occurred purportedly after a project that was digging in the area struck the gas line buried in the earth. The explosion triggered a widespread fire through the rural community, stretching out to an estimated circumference of 400 to 600 feet.

Eyewitness accounts reported that the explosion itself sounded like a loud thunderclap, which was followed by a sound that was something similar to a tornado. The noise from the incident could be heard several miles away from the site.

Six people were taken by helicopter and ambulance to local hospitals by the Johnson County emergency crews.

The Brazoria County Fire Marshal told local news sources that he believed there was good reason to be suspicious of the fire’s circumstance. According to his statements, items that could have been used to burn down the store were located nearby, and evidence from the fire was promptly sent to the Pasadena arson lab.

The fire was reported to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department around 3 a.m. on Monday, as the Alvin Pantry convenience store located at the intersection of Texas 35 and CR 129. Reports indicated no injuries from the fire, although the building was destroyed.

The store had been in business for 16 years prior to the incident.

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Officials estimate that the damage to America’s Best Value Inn on south I-35 near Oltorf may equal $1.5 million. The hotel is now closed. Firefighters arrived on the scene around 12:15 pm on Sunday after a 33-year-old man set fire to his room and called to report the incident. The man was arrested a few hours later.

Investigators said the fire spread very quickly because the rooms were not equipped with in-room fire sprinklers. Hotels constructed after 1988 are required to have these sprinklers, but the hotel was built in 1984. It had passed its last fire safety inspection last June.

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Officials with the Fort Worth Police Department released security camera footage of, what they say, is an act of arson. The tape shows a pickup truck stopping in front of a building in the 2900 block of Alta Mere. A suspect wearing a mask begins throwing buckets of liquid, believed to be liter fluid or something similar, all over the building. After six buckets of fuel have been dumped, a second suspect places two propane tanks against the front of the building. Finally a suspect tosses what appears to be a burning flare onto the liquid and the two speed away.

Three Fort Worth firefighters were injured battling the intense flames. Two firefighters were trapped under burning debris for several minutes. This will result in more serious charges for the suspects if they are apprehended.

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