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Fire breaks out in breakroom of Four States Fairgrounds


Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Texarkana, Ark., firefighters respond to a fire at the Four States Fairgrounds Arena Sunday night. The blaze started about 9:30 p.m. in the breakroom and was contained before spreading to the concession area or storage room. A security officer for the RV park noticed the fire and called 911. No one was in the breakroom or arena at the time of the incident. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
A fire Sunday night in the maintenance breakroom at the Four States Fairgrounds was the second fire in a month for the park. The previous fire demolished a popular fair attraction, officials said.

Texarkana, Ark., Fire Department was alerted to a fire at 9:26 p.m. Sunday in a maintenance breakroom at the fairgrounds. A couch burned, but the room sustained mostly smoke damage, Fire Marshal Stephen Johnson said.

“The RV security guard saw smoke coming from a maintenance breakroom area of the arena,” said Johnson. “The smoke was coming from an exterior door that leads to...
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