Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Cigarette In Coffee Container Said To Have Started Destructive Fire
The porch was totally destroyed and was the apparent location of the start of the fire.
A fire consumed a Kimball house owned by Terry Jefferson and rented by Luis (Beeb) Larez about 2:30 p.m. Sunday.The location of the fire was 308 ½ South Washington.
Larez said the fire marshal told him it started in a plastic coffee container, which was used for cigarette butts on the porch.
Larez, a non-smoker, had a friend staying with him who smoked. He said he figured the butt didn't get extinguished and the plastic container started the fire.
"It is just a mess," he said. "It is a major loss. What is really upsetting is that my daughter's baby pictures are gone."
The kitchen, dining room and living room were completely destroyed, he said. It is possible that a table, chairs and buffet will be able to be savaged. Larez said although the one-story house was insured, he did not have renter's insurance.
The two bedrooms have smoke damage, but it appears that the bedroom furniture will be able to be re-used, he said.
Larez, who has worked at GRI off-and-on for 23 years, said, "It just hasn't quite sunk in yet."
No one was injured in the fire.
