What Texas Lawmakers ... is accessible to all fire departments in Texas. The legislative package was inspired by the state’s largest wildfire in history. The Smokehouse Creek fire scorched ...

Texas lawmakers approved a series of bills this year that aim to better prepare the state for wildfires and to mitigate their damage. The legislation includes a study on wildfire ...

In the wake of last year's Smokehouse Creek fire — the largest wildfire in Texas history — Hemphill County is steadily emerging from one of its toughest challenges, said County Judge Lisa ...

LUBBOCK, Texas ... fire departments and creating a statewide inventory of firefighting equipment that is accessible to all fire departments in Texas. The legislative package was inspired by the ...

A Central Texas fire department is mourning a fire captain killed in a crash after leaving the hospital where his fifth child was born. The Killeen Fire Department said Fire Captain Marvin ...

LIVECOPTER3 NOW OVER THE BRUSH FIRE BURNING ... ACCORDING TO LIVE MAP THREE ON THE SCREEN THERE IN I-5. AND IT GREW TO ABOUT 100 ACRES, WHAT WE’RE TOLD. SO THIS IS NEAR INGRAM CREEK ROAD AND ...

A Texas man was executed on Tuesday evening 13 years after brutally killing a beloved grandma when he set her on fire at a gas station. Matthew Johnson, 49, was convicted of the heinous murder of ...

A Texas man was executed Tuesday evening for the burning death of an elderly clerk he set on fire during a convenience store robbery more than a decade ago. Matthew Lee Johnson was condemned for ...

You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing k.rahman@newsweek.com Matthew Lee Johnson is set to be executed in Texas on Tuesday for the death of an elderly woman he set on fire during a ...

What he doesn’t see is a eucalyptus grove — as indicated by an outdated map Cal Fire recently used to determine that his property was in a “very high” fire hazard severity zone.

Cal Fire SCU said the fire was burning near Ingram Creek Road and Interstate 5 in Westley. As of 7:30 p.m., 66 acres have burned and containment was at 80%. Cal Fire said crews were making good ...

The father of five was also a local fire captain, and his death has left a Texas community reeling, city officials said. Now, the man accused of rear-ending Killeen Fire Captain Marvin Taylor III ...