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Wednesday, December 26, 2012  At approximately 7p.m., Christmas Day firefighters responded to a house fire in the 2700 block of Virginia Circle.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  Amarillo Fire Department was dispatched early Wednesday morning to a structure fire in Amarillo.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  Social media saves the day! A Facebook post helped to reunite an Amarillo woman with her puppy after he was rescued by a firefighter during an apartment blaze.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  A Chihuahua puppy's life was spared on Monday afternoon when a firefighter came to its rescue as flames and smoke engulfed an apartment complex.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012  A fire inside a Clovis apartment complex has left several families homeless. Fire department officials tell the Clovis News Journal that everyone made it out safely Wednesday morning.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Fire officials have contained a large fire at a set of homes that left at least four families displaced in Northeast Amarillo Wednesday morning.

Sunday, December 04, 2011  Saturday's fire at the apartment complex off of South Western sent four people to the hospital, two of which were critical.

Saturday, December 03, 2011  Five people have been injured, two of those critically, during an apartment complex fire.

Thursday, November 10, 2011  Those devastating fires at the Timbers Apartments left dozens with nothing. But one local school is rallying around one of their own to help her get back on her feet.

Friday, November 04, 2011  Smoke could be seen from across the Amarillo metro area Friday morning as an apartment building went up in flames.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  It's another example of the Panhandle Spirit. This time, a community and a local university come together to help aid some of their own, whose home was destroyed in an apartment fire earlier this week.

Monday, August 29, 2011  An overnight inferno claimed four Canyon apartments causing more than half a million dollars in damage.

Friday, December 10, 2010  Three families were left homeless after a house fire destroyed their home.

Friday, December 10, 2010  A house fire Thursday night left 17 people homeless, as the blaze raged through the home making it a complete loss.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  A residential fire in El Paso left a man and his 6-year-old stepdaughter dead and his wife with burns.