Heat lamp cited as cause of house fire

  • A mobile home that had been the residence of a Lampasas family of four was completely consumed in an early-morning fire on Monday. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD
    A mobile home that had been the residence of a Lampasas family of four was completely consumed in an early-morning fire on Monday. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD
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…

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