The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has finished it's preliminary investigation. It will be several weeks before we know the actual cause of the fire but investigators have a theory.
It's been a fiery start to 2016 for Longview fire crews, but not a start they want. Eleven fires have been intentionally set by someone and put out by the Longview Fire Department since January 1st on Longview's south side.
Last week portions of East Texas received some much needed rain after a dry and hot July and first half of August. Prior to the cool front and rain, pretty much all of East Texas was under a burn ban except for a few far northern counties.