August 28, 2021 - North Center Street in Tenaha was the scene of a structure fire Friday afternoon, August 27, 2021.
Emergency personnel was dispatched to the scene of the fire at around 1pm.
When they arrived, the majority of the structure was already burned to the ground.
While the Tenaha Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) personnel worked at extinguishing flames and preventing further spread of the fire to nearby houses, Tenaha Police Department officers blocked both ends of the roadway to prevent traffic interfering with the fire fighters.
Once the fire fighters were confident the blaze was contained to what remained of the structure, they returned to the station around 2pm.
According to the Tenaha VFD, the structure was not occupied, there was no electricity being supplied to the structure, nor natural gas at the time the fire ignited. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
