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Lumberton woman wakes up to find bathroom on fire, said she never heard smoke alarm

The woman who lived in the house told firefighters she woke up because of loud noises and found a blaze inside a restroom of her house.
Credit: Lumberton Fire Department

LUMBERTON, Texas — A woman is now homeless after her house caught fire Friday afternoon. 

She told firefighters she never heard a smoke alarm go off, but she made it out of the house safely, Lumberton Fire Chief Jeff McNeel said.

She said she woke up because of loud noises and found a blaze inside a restroom in the house, McNeel said. 

The fire was reported around 2:30 p.m. in the 8800 block of Ash Drive in Lumberton. Mutual aid was called from other nearby fire departments, and Silsbee Fire and EMS also responded to the scene, McNeel said. 

McNeel said he notified the Red Cross to assist the woman.

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