Century-old Nacogdoches house destroyed by fire - Action News 5
- Memphis, Tennessee  Century-old Nacogdoches house destroyed by
fire  Posted: Updated: Source: Kevin White Source: Kevin White
A house built in the late 1800s burned to the ground Tuesday
night in what fire investigators believe could have started with
a gas leak.  The house, which had been divided into three
apartments, had five occupants. Two were in the house at the
time of the fire, but escaped safely. It is located on Hospital
Street.   House fire  According to investigators, one of the
residents had turned on an electric heater and then heard a
"whoosh."  "I was in this apartment," Russ Havard, one of the
home's occupants, said. "It made a little spark, and that's when
I heard the noise behind the vent right there."  He opened the
closet, saw a wall of fire, and got the other resident out
safely.  "And the flames were probably already up in the ceiling
about a quarter of the way."  Havard had seconds to call 911 and
search for occupants.