Homeless settlement burns down

By: Lareign Ward - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Evan Lewis • Brandon Rateliff of Texarkana, Ark., gives a statement Wednesday to Texarkana, Texas, Fire Marshal Chris Black after a fire at a homeless encampment off of New Boston Road. Rateliff was the first on the scene of the fire and attempted to put the fire out himself, bu...

No one was injured in a fire at a homeless settlement Wednesday in Texarkana, Texas.

Fire Marshal Capt. Chris Black of Texarkana, Texas, Fire Department said the fire was reported in the 1400 block of New Boston road near the railroad trestle. Black said a small shack mad...

Published: 03/21/2013