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August 24, 2012

Firefighter injured while fighting house fire

The Port Arthur News

PORT ARTHUR — Port Arthur Fire Department was busy fighting two house fires within 30 minutes of each other early Friday morning.

During one of the fires, a firefighter sustained burns to his hands and was treated and released from a local hospital.

The first fire was reported at about 2:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at a home located at 1130 Herget. Upon arrival, the first responding units found the single story house fully involved in flames, according to a press release from PAFD Capt. Troy Irvine, public information officer.

The family, which includes two adults and eight children ages one through 18, were in Houston on vacation at the time of the fire.

The fire was brought under control within an hour and one firefighter was treated and released from Christus Hospital-St. Mary with burns to his hands. Investigators have ruled this fire accidental in nature.

Thirty minutes after the first fire was reported, a second fire was reported at 624 West Fifth Street. First arriving units found a vacant single story home fully involved in flames. The fire was brought under control within an hour and there were no injuries reported. This fire remains under investigation.

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