JASPER, Texas — A person had to be treated for smoke inhalation and taken to a hospital following a house fire in Jasper Saturday.
The Beech Grove Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call to help the Jasper Texas Volunteer Fire Department and East End Volunteer Fire Department with a house fire shortly after 7:30 p.m.
The house was an "older wood-framed house with multiple wood ceilings and multiple shingle roofs," according to a Beech Grove VFD release.
When emergency crews got to the scene, they saw heavy flames coming from all sides and through the roof of the house. The fire was controlled in about an hour.
A person who was inside the house was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene and later taken to Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital for further evaluation.
House fire in Jasper Saturday leaves person injured
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