BOLING-IAGO, Texas (AP) _ A volunteer firefighter’s body has been found in the charred ruins of a southeast Texas egg plant.
The first report of the fire came in about 9:30 p.m. Saturday from the Maxim Production Co. just outside Boling-Iago, about 50 miles southwest of Houston. About 15 minutes later, three firefighters reported that they’d become trapped by falling debris in the burning 25,000-square-foot production building. Just two of the three were rescued.
Fire officials identified the dead firefighter as 30-year-old Capt. Thomas Araguz III. Deputy State Fire Marshal Jay Evans says Araguz was a married father of two children and an 11-year veteran of the Wharton Volunteer Fire Department, one of 31 departments that fought the blaze.
Evans says the fire destroyed the production building and main office, but the brood house loaded with laying hens was saved.