{"id":1188915,"date":"2022-12-23T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1188915"},"modified":"2022-12-24T16:11:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T22:11:21","slug":"fire-marshal-offers-safety-tips-following-whitehouse-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1188915","title":{"rendered":"Fire marshal offers safety tips following Whitehouse fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/ft-175x96.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"96\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1188916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/ft-175x96.png 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/ft.png 503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; Smith County officials are passing along some safety tips in the wake of a Wednesday mobile home fire on Lakeview Circle in Whitehouse &#8212; and as East Texans deal with freezing weather. After a preliminary investigation, Interim Fire Marshal Chad Hogue reports that the fire originated on the front porch of the home where a clamp-style heat lamp was being used for outdoor animals. The home was estimated to be 70 percent destroyed by the fire. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When using a clamp-style heating lamp, always make sure it is securely attached and maintain at least 3 feet of clearance from anything that could burn,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hogue said as quoted in a news release. No one was home at the time of the fire but one dog perished. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are some fire safety tips when heating your home as we brace for a few freezing days ahead:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;         Make sure Christmas trees and\/or furniture are not blocking an exit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;         Plug only one heat-producing appliance (such as a space heater) into an electrical outlet at a time and never use an extension cord.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;         Keep anything that can burn at least 3 feet away from any heat source like fireplaces, wood stoves, and radiator or space heaters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;         Never use an oven or stovetop to heat your home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;         Be sure to have a properly mounted and functioning smoke alarm in every sleeping room and hallway of your home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;         Have at least 1 carbon monoxide detector in your home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Smith County officials are passing along some safety tips in the wake of a Wednesday mobile home fire on Lakeview Circle in Whitehouse &#8212; and as East Texans deal with freezing weather. After a preliminary investigation, Interim Fire Marshal Chad Hogue reports that the fire originated on the front porch of the home &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1188915\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fire marshal offers safety tips following Whitehouse fire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1188924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/ft-175x96.png","fifu_image_alt":"Fire marshal offers safety tips following Whitehouse fire","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-22 01:36:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/ft-175x96.png","fifu_image_alt":"Fire marshal offers safety tips following Whitehouse fire","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1188915"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1188937,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188915\/revisions\/1188937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1188924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1188915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1188915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1188915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}