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Monday, April 15, 2013  Fire crews battled heat exhaustion as they worked to put out the massive blaze that consumed most of the home on the 800 block of Cortez in Pharr.

Sunday, April 07, 2013  The Edinburg fire chief along with a state representative are pushing to pass a bill that will help protect homes from fires in rural areas.

Sunday, March 24, 2013  The majority of a McAllen home was destroyed after it caught fire Sunday morning.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  An annual inspection was issued by the Federal Aviation Administration to check the McAllen fire trucks that respond to airport emergencies.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  Charred remains are the only reminder that a home once stood on the corner lot of Gill Street and F.M. 490 in Hargill.

Sunday, December 30, 2012  Three children were killed in an early morning fire in Hargill.

Saturday, December 15, 2012  A barn loaded with over 1,000 bales of hay went up in flames early Saturday morning.

Friday, December 07, 2012  It is all laid out in black and white, Domingo Hinojosa told Action 4 News. As he flips through the pages of numbers line up in columns—Hinojosa says the Hidalgo County audit conducted on the department is not factual.

Sunday, November 11, 2012  The Edinburg Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire early Sunday morning.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Grandfather and 1 year old grandson identified from the deadly fire this Sunday in Brownsville.

Sunday, September 23, 2012  A Sunday morning fire claimed the lives of two Brownsville residents.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  It's been four years in the making and after a hard hit from Hurricane Dolly, it was time for a new fire station on South Padre Island.

Saturday, August 11, 2012  An Edinburg family of four was left homeless Saturday night, and without any possessions but the clothes they are wearing.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  It has not been easy for family and friends of Andres Frias. Since last Thursday they have been watching the clock—as hours turned into days and those days slowly turn into a week.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  Family and friends have been standing by, waiting along this canal bank south of McAllen for days now. It's the canal that their loved one, 18-year-old Andres Frias, was swimming in, when he went under and never resurfaced.