Man Escaped Longview House Fire

LONGVIEW — A Longview man escaped a blaze late Wednesday that totaled the two-apartment duplex he moved in to Monday. Longview Fire Investigator Jimmy Purcell said Michael Taylor suffered only a minor burn and refused treatment following a structure fire in the 200 block of East Culver Street. Firefighters responded to the fire at 11:59 p.m. Two tenants lived in the duplex; one upstairs, and Taylor downstairs. The upstairs tenant was not home at the time of the fire. Taylor is living with a relative who he as staying with until Monday, when he moved into the Culver Street apartment, Purcell said. Firefighters had the blaze under control before 12:45 a.m. Tuesday.