Man OK after Escape from Fire

HALLSVILLE — A Hallsville man is in good condition at Dallas’s Parkland Hospital after helping his family escape from a fire that destroyed their home over the weekend. KETK and the Longview News-Journal report that John Ridge, his wife, and their two young daughters woke up to fire in their residence in the Big Oaks Mobile Home Park Saturday. Ridge was injured after he went back inside the burning structure to help his wife and daughter, who were confused in the smoke.