SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) – Smith County Fire Marshal Jay Brooks confirmed that several family members were killed in a fire on Monday.
Brooks said an adult and three children were killed in a fire at a house on DeVonne Drive off US Highway 271 in the Starrville area.
“The information we have is that this is the mother of the three children in the house,” Brooks said.
He said a man had also been taken to hospital by ambulance.
He said the crews arrived and tried to check if anyone else was in the house, but the fire was too intense and they had to go back outside.
The fire broke out at around 11:15 a.m. Monday, witnesses said.
Units from Winona, Chapel Hill, Lindale, Red Springs, Jackson Heights and Smith County ESD responded to the scene.
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