Three Injured in Longview House Fire

LONGVIEW — Three people asleep Wednesday night in a Longview home were injured and barely escaped with their lives when a fire erupted in the residence. All three residents of the home in the 1600 block of Timpson were taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center for treatment of cuts, burns and smoke inhalation, according to Johnny Zackary, Longview Fire Marshal. A nearly 4-year-old child victim was later air evacuated to Louisiana State Medical Center-Shreveport for injuries sustained in the blaze that completely destroyed the home.

“We were very fortunate they were able to get out alive,” Zackary said. “There was no smoke alarm in the home and normally they would have been overcome with carbon monoxide.”

Instead, a 20-year-old woman and a child, who were sleeping in a front bedroom escaped out a window. In a rear bedroom, a 16-year-old girl was able to escape out a back window, he said. The 16-year-old received cut and burn injuries, he said. Zackary said the fire originated in a dining room of the home, but the cause has not been determined. The 20-year-old mother had been released from Good Shepherd so she could be with her child at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. The Fire Marshal said the 16-year-old’s injuries were significant enough that she probably remained hospitalized Thursday morning at Good Shepherd.

Zackary said if Longview residents cannot afford one, they can go by the city’s central fire station to get one free.