{"id":105173,"date":"2025-12-30T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105173\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:10:10","slug":"firefighters-rescue-residents-trapped-by-raging-whitehurst-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105173\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters rescue residents trapped by raging Whitehurst fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2025\/12\/30\/firefighters-rescue-residents-trapped-by-raging-whitehurst-fire\/1-photo-courtesy-of-box-4-firebuffs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-124394 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124394\" class=\"size-large wp-image-124394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-Photo-courtesy-of-Box-4-Firebuffs-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-124394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Box 4 Firebuffs<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Fire Rescue responded to a major fire at 9911 Whitehurst Drive early Sunday, December 28. Two residents were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Units arriving at 1:50 a.m. conducted search and rescue efforts at the three-story building, despite heavy fire and thick smoke. Numerous residents were trapped by flames and had to be rescued, according to Box 4 Firebuffs.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters aggressively attacked the blaze at first, then shifted to defensive tactics from outside the building. At 4:35 a.m. the fire was declared extinguished. <a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2019\/07\/25\/box-4-fire-buffs-aid-firefighters-at-disaster-scenes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box 4 Firebuffs<\/a>, a nonprofit organization which provides aid to first responders, remained on scene for hours to assist firefighters as needed.<\/p>\n<p>All 36 apartment units inside the building were left uninhabitable due to extensive fire, smoke and water damage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/give.salvationarmyusa.org\/campaign\/676125\/donate?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;utm_campaign=sal-national-fy26&amp;utm_content=ppc-givewithjoy-nonsustaining&amp;utm_term=usn-usn&amp;id=18224792624&amp;c_src=NC26TLGAJC&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=18224792624&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADFROe3eTiPKSBaXAUd1qiH31QJK5&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAjc7KBhBvEiwAE2BDOf21qJcYBNhTRdCU-XysGCEl_L8Fyj3NNgX9YOtdYg9AmM1kppd0URoCPekQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Red Cross<\/a> is assisting at least 20 displaced residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2024\/08\/30\/kathy-stewart-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas City Council member Kathy Stewart<\/a> and her team are coordinating with <a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2018\/07\/26\/fierce-five-vicky-taylor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vicky Taylor<\/a> in the Lake Highlands Public Improvement District (PID) office to collect gift cards for displaced residents with immediate needs including food, clothing and basic supplies.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re willing to help, drop gift cards at the LHPID office, 8676 Skillman near Tom Thumb, or call 214-850-4399. The LHPID team is working with property managers to distribute donations to residents affected by the fire. You may donate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.box4.org\/donate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box 4 Firebuffs here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2025\/12\/30\/firefighters-rescue-residents-trapped-by-raging-whitehurst-fire\/2-photo-courtesy-of-box-4-firebuffs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-124395 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124395\" class=\"size-large wp-image-124395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-Photo-courtesy-of-Box-4-Firebuffs-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-124395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Box 4 Firebuffs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2025\/12\/30\/firefighters-rescue-residents-trapped-by-raging-whitehurst-fire\/3-photo-courtesy-of-box-4-firebuffs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-124396 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124396\" class=\"size-large wp-image-124396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3-Photo-courtesy-of-Box-4-Firebuffs-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-124396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Box 4 Firebuffs\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2025\/12\/30\/firefighters-rescue-residents-trapped-by-raging-whitehurst-fire\/5-photo-courtesy-of-box-4-firebuffs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-124398 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124398\" class=\"size-large wp-image-124398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5-Photo-courtesy-of-Box-4-Firebuffs-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-124398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Box 4 Firebuffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of Box 4 Firebuffs Dallas Fire Rescue responded to a major fire at 9911 Whitehurst Drive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-105173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}