Heat lamp cited as cause of house fire

Lampasas Fire Department officials have attributed an early-morning house fire that displaced a local family to a malfunction in a heating lamp.

Lampasas Fire Marshal J.P. Harris said the fire that consumed a residence on West Avenue E began in the early hours on Monday.

“We were dispatched to the fire at 4:40 a.m. in the morning,” Harris said, adding that a neighbor reported the fire. “The resident…