Tyler Firefighters Control Apartment Blaze
(Staff Photo By Herb Nygren Jr.)
Tyler Fire Department Captain Marty Lawrence, right, consoles Suzie Bessey after a fire in her apartment at Bullard Creek Apartments on Old Bullard Road Saturday afternoon.
By ADAM RUSSELL
Staff Writer
When Tyler Fire Department Ladder 2 and Engine 10 arrived on the scene of an apartment fire Saturday afternoon, Capt. Marty Lawrence said fire and smoke billowed out the building’s open door.
Staff Writer
When Tyler Fire Department Ladder 2 and Engine 10 arrived on the scene of an apartment fire Saturday afternoon, Capt. Marty Lawrence said fire and smoke billowed out the building’s open door.
Seven fire units responded to the 2-alarm fire inside Bullard Creek Apartments number 117 around 3:39 p.m. in the 5600 block of Old Bullard Road. The resident, Susie Bessey, reported the fire and was outside the residence when firefighters arrived. The blaze, which Lawrence said was primarily contained in the living area and kitchen, was quickly suppressed by the first two units. Bessey’s apartment was “pretty much gutted” by the fire, District Chief James Pike said. He said neighboring apartments suffered some heat and smoke damage.
(Staff Photo By Herb Nygren Jr.)
Tyler Fire department fights a fire in unit 117, bottom right, in Bullard Creek Apartments Saturday afternoon. The fire destroyed the apartment and smoke damaged surrounding units.
A shaken Ms. Bessey said she did not know how the fire started. She has no family in the city and doesn’t know what she will do, she said. Investigators continued to work the scene to determine the cause of the fire. As firefighters checked the other apartment units for damage or any remaining dangers Pike and Lawrence went over the action and how well first responders did. Pike said it went very well, and with seven surrounding apartments both agreed it could have been much worse.
“This could have been a big one,” Lawrence said.
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