Fire Leaves Four Families Homeless

LONGVIEW — An early Wednesday morning fire leaves four families homeless. It happened at an apartment complex at 415 Tammy Lynn Drive in Longview around 6:40. Authorities say when they arrived; an upstairs apartment was engulfed in flames. No one was at home at the time, but three other apartments had to be evacuated. Longview Fire Chief J.P. Steelman says because some alert residents were home, the flames did not spread any more than they did. Steelman says if those residents hadn’t responded, “it would have allowed the fire to have a lot bigger head start, and naturally go unnoticed for a longer period of time.” No injuries were reported. Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire.