A Fuller Springs couple is lucky to be alive after their home burned to the ground Thursday morning, a family member said.
Johnnie Kirkland believes the fire began after she left a skillet on the stove to check on her husband G.W. around 11:15 a.m., according to her niece Sabria Holland.
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Fuller Springs, Moffett and Huntington Volunteer Fire Departments continued to monitor the charred remains of a home for hot spots Thursday. Lufkin Fire also responded to the blaze.
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A Fuller Springs couple was lucky to escape their home after it caught fire Thursday morning, a family member said. The home located at 1307 Carrell Road is a total loss.
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"He called for her and she thought he had fallen so she went to check on him," Holland said. "When she got back in the kitchen it was flaming up over the back of the stove."
Kirkland then set to work getting her husband and their two small dogs to safety.
"(G.W.) is on oxygen and they knew when the fire hit the tank it would blow, and it did," Holland said. "They got out though. Everyone is OK. It's a total loss of everything though."
Fuller Springs, Moffett and Huntington Volunteer Fire Departments and Lufkin Fire fought to extinguish the blaze at 1307 Carrell Road, continuing to monitor it for hot spots throughout the day Thursday.
The couple does have insurance and will stay with their daughter in Huntington for now, Holland said.
To donate items to the Kirkland family call their daughter Lisa Modisett at 422-3602.
