Posts in category: Structure Fires

At approximately 11:28 PM on June 26^th, 2022, Smith County Fire crews were dispatched to a box alarm structure fire at the 15500BLK of County Road 1227 in Flint, TX in Dixie’s primary district.  

First Fire Units arrived on the scene at 11:37 and advised that the structure was fully involved and declared a defensive attack on the structure. Due to the fire, a power line to the house fell on a nearby barbed wire fence, energizing it. Oncor was called to secure the line. 

Smith County Fire crews knocked the fire down quickly, calling control time at 12:07 AM. Crews worked the structure for the next two hours. Once Oncor arrived on the scene and secured the power line, fire crews were able to hit a few more hot spots before cleaning up, packing up, and heading back to their stations. 

Smith County Fire Crew had a busy 24 hours. Per Smith County Professional Firefighters Association L-5300, “Over the past 24 hours, Smith County Fire Department has responded to 3 different Residential Structure Fires. In all three incidents, the first arriving crews have been presented with heavy fire conditions. On all three fires, crews have made aggressive pushes to rapidly extinguish the fires. Having our full-time career staffing in these areas has drastically decreased response times. This gives us the ability to mitigate these hazards more effectively and efficiently. Keep up the hard work everyone!”  

Prior to this structure fire, at approximately 9:51 PM, Smith County Fire crews were dispatched to a transformer that was sparking in a heavily wooded area on County Road 285 in Chapel Hill’s district near Lake Tyler. The sparks caused the grass/woods to catch fire resulting in a structure fire as well. 

Shortly after, at 11:20 PM, Fire crews were dispatched to a box alarm structure fire on FM-16 E in Winona’s district. The box alarm included volunteers from Winona, Red Springs, and Jackson Heights VFDs. The first crew on the scene were career staff from Red Spring, assisted by career staff from Jackson Heights. Crews were able to extinguish the fire quickly. No injuries were reported and no firefighters were injured. In addition, there was a major, pin-in accident on I-20 at the 544-mile marker. 

All Smith County Fire Crews from ESD2 and Smith County VFDs did an amazing job with these incidents. 

All fire investigation has been turned over to the Smith County Fire Marshal’s Office. 

At 2:45 PM this afternoon, the City of Tyler Fire Department received a call for an apartment fire at 2601 S Southeast Loop 323, the Fox Run apartments.

Engine 7, Engine 8, Engine 2, Ladder 2, Battalion 2, and Fire Marshal 7 were dispatched to the scene where flames were coming from an upper balcony. Engine 8 arrived on scene first and started with a fast attack on the balcony. Other units arrived and assisted.

At 3:01 PM a second alarm call was dispatched for Engine 9 but was quickly disregarded because the firefighters on scene had the fire out. Engine 9 was moved to operate out of Station 2 for coverage in the south.

Oncor is assisting with getting power back to the units in the building as it was cut off for fire suppression.

It is unknown to RCEMedia what caused the fire and if there were any injuries. All units were clear of the scene around 4:30 PM.

At 12:53 AM on Friday, April 15th, Tyler Fire Department’s Engine 1, Ladder 1, Battalion 1, Engine 5, Engine 7, Fire Marshal 7, and UT Health EMS were dispatched to the 900BLK of Mockingbird Ln for a structure fire.  

Engine 7 arrived on scene at 12:59 AM and advised there was a fully involved wood-frame house. At 1:02 AM a second alarm was dispatched for Engine 2 and Ladder 2 to assist on the structure fire.  

Tyler Fire crews worked quickly and strategically to extinguish the fire from all sides of the structure. Due to the large flames, a corner of a neighboring house caught fire along with a nearby vehicle. Different tools were used by firefighters to help locate fire on the roof and in the attic.  

The single occupant of the home was taken to the hospital by UT Health EMS for non-life-threatening injuries.  

At this moment, the cause of the fire is unknown and is currently being investigated by the Tyler Fire Marshal’s Office. 

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