FRUITVALE (AP\/STAFF) \u2013 An East Texas mobile home fire blamed on a space heater has killed a woman and left two of her children and a firefighter hurt. Van Zandt County authorities say the fire happened around 12:30 Tuesday Morning in Fruitvale. Fire Marshal Chuck Allen says items left near a space heater apparently caught fire.<\/p>\n
Killed was Wendy Harris, 41. Her 16-year-old son sustained cuts by breaking a window to rescue his 14-year-old sister, who suffered burns and smoke inhalation. He was treated and released from a Dallas hospital. Allen says the girl\u2019s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The woman\u2019s 20-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old friend escaped unharmed. A firefighter who was hit by a falling object was treated and released. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FRUITVALE (AP\/STAFF) \u2013 An East Texas mobile home fire blamed on a space heater has killed a woman and left two of her children and a firefighter hurt. Van Zandt County authorities say the fire happened around 12:30 Tuesday Morning in Fruitvale. Fire Marshal Chuck Allen says items left near a space heater apparently caught … Continue reading Mother Killed in Fire; Children, Firefighter Hurt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 20:46:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229034","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=229034"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229255,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229034\/revisions\/229255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=229034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=229034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=229034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}