Home Fires
As the Texas drought rages on, Smokey Bear’s reminder that it just takes one spark to create a devastating wildfire is hitting home. Twenty-six homes were damaged and nine destroyed in a Balch Springs “inferno” July 25. No injuries were reported. And with Wednesday’s news of a grass fire in Frisco near Legacy Drive — thankfully…
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Plano fire investigators have not yet identified the cause of an explosion on Shantara Lane last week that damaged a $2.5 million home. The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. July 20 — almost one year to the day of a nearby explosion in the 4400 block of Cleveland Drive that sent six people to the…
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The public struggle over what to do with a substandard housing complex near Fair Park came to a head July 18 as the complex referred to as Reed Manor went up in flames. When the fire broke out late that night, a resident at the development on Meyers Street contacted Dallas attorney Mark Melton, who,…
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The kitchen is the heart of a home during the holidays and if your space is like mine, it’s full of people going in and out all day to help with cooking, spike their egg nog, or just sit and swap tall tales. That frenzy of activity, cooking, and baking puts a kitchen at extra…
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A three alarm fire about five blocks away from me on Royalton Drive Friday night may have been started by a fire in an outdoor fireplace. Which of course will have all of us with or wanting outdoor living rooms with fireplaces and flat screens concerned to learn just what happened. I believe the home…
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