October 9, 2016 - Just as Friday night football games were ending and people were traveling home, the Tenaha Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire on FM 947 in Tenaha just past Hickory Lane October 7, 2016.
The firemen were dispatched just before 9:30pm and when they arrived, the house fire was fully involved. The source and majority of the flames appeared to be emanating from the front of the building.
As the firemen began working to try and put out the fire they requested the assistance of the Timpson Volunteer Fire Department. While the departments worked together to fight the fire, it quickly traveled to the back of the house.
Although efforts were made to save the house, the fire was too advanced to prevent a total loss.
The cause of the fire could not initially be determined. As some first responders arrived on scene, a back door to the house was reported to have been open. The owner of the house, was not at his residence at the time of the fire and had been out of town.
Firemen left the scene and returned to their stations at 11:43pm
