Fire

Vehicle fire at Beaumont Fleet Services

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Beaumont Fire-Rescue received a call of a vehicle fire on Nov. 5, 2016 around 6 p.m. at the city fleet services on Lafin Road. When fire units arrived, three garbage trucks and two police patrol cars were on fire.

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Fire closes Church's Chicken

A Church's Chicken restuarant in Beaumont closed indefinitely after a fire caused extensive damage to the business Aug. 24, reports Beaumont Fire-Rescue.

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UPDATE: Rafes Way fire victim succumbs to injuries

One of two people injured in a fire on Rafes Way in Beaumont succumbed to injuries sustained in the blaze, Beaumont Fire-Rescue Capt. Brad Penisson reported June 21.

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Firefighters quickly quench kitchen fire at Beaumont home

Firefighters in Beaumont quickly quenched a fire resulting from the burner of a stove being left on at a local residence June 19, Beaumont Fire-Rescue Capt. Brad Penisson reports.

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House fire injures two in Beaumont

Two people sustained injuries in a house fire in Beaumont June 18, reports Beaumont Fire-Rescue Capt. Brad Penisson.

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18-wheeler fire on Interstate 10 in Orange County

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At approximately 12:15p.m. Wednesday, June 15, the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of an 18-wheeler on fire in the eastbound traffic lanes of Interstate 10 in Orange County near mile marker 871. An International truck tractor semi-trailer towing live chickens experienced a tire blowout that sparked a fire.  At the time of the crash, the vehicle was transporting approximately 6,000 chickens.

About 2,000 chickens died in the fire.

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Firefighters battle residential fire in Beaumont

The occupants of a home severely damaged by a fire in the 300 block of Major Drive on June 1 escaped the blaze without injury, reports Beaumont Fire-Rescue.

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Fires in Beaumont; firefighters battle two residential fires within two days

Firefighters in Beaumont battled two blazes in two days at two separate residences, one vacant and one occupied, Beaumont Fire-Rescue reports.

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Wall Street fire in Beaumont demolishes two-story home

It took firefighters more than an hour to extinguish a large blaze that devastated a Wall Street home in Beaumont May 22, Beaumont Fire-Rescue reported Sunday. 

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Beaumont apartment fire

Beaumont firefighters battled an apartment fire, extinguishing the blaze before it could spread to other apartments at 4905 Wyatt St. on May 3.

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