Every time 9/11 rolls around, I think about the first responders who rushed into the Trade Towers that day in 2001 to save lives, thinking very little about their own. Would any of us have had the guts? It makes today the perfect day to thank a first responder in East Texas for what they do on a daily basis And there's one simple way to do it.
The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has finished it's preliminary investigation. It will be several weeks before we know the actual cause of the fire but investigators have a theory.
Looking around East Texas you can tell it's been quite a while since some areas have seen a decent amount of rainfall to sustain green vegetation. Seeing how the land in parts of the state are so dry, some county commissioners and courts have issued temporary burn bans for their counties.
It's been a fiery start to 2016 for Longview fire crews, but not a start they want. Eleven fires have been intentionally set by someone and put out by the Longview Fire Department since January 1st on Longview's south side.