Vidor man manages to escape burning home

  • Firefighters with the OCESD#1 have their equipment checked after fighting a structure fire Monday.
    Firefighters with the OCESD#1 have their equipment checked after fighting a structure fire Monday.
  • OCESD#1 firemen enter the burning residence as a colleague sprays remaining hot spots.
    OCESD#1 firemen enter the burning residence as a colleague sprays remaining hot spots.
The lone occupant of a burning residence escaped through a window just before noon Monday as the blaze sent smoke billowing through neighborhoods near downtown Vidor and shut down travel on the eastbound IH-10 feeder road while firefighters battled the blaze. According to an Orange County Emergency Services District # 1 news release, on the morning of February 22, 2020 at approximately 11:37 AM,…

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