SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) – Jay Brooks, firefighter Marshall Smith, confirmed that several family members died in a fire Monday.
According to Brooks, one adult and three children were killed in a fire in a home on DeVonne Drive near 271 U.S. Highway in the Starrville area.
“The information we have is that it is the mother of the three children in the home,” Brooks said.
He said one man was also brought to the hospital by the EMS.
He said crew members showed up and tried to see if anyone else was in the house, but the fire was too intense and they had to retreat.
The witness broke out of the fire around 11:15 on Monday.
Units from Winona, Chapel Hill, Lindale, Red Springs, Jackson Heights and Smith County ESD responded to the scene.
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