{"id":137726,"date":"2026-01-25T18:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/137726\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T18:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:32:23","slug":"fire-at-fourplex-displaces-four-families-in-killeen-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/137726\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at fourplex displaces four families in Killeen, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\">KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) &#8211;<\/a> A fire at a fourplex in Killeen displaced four families, the fire department said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The blaze erupted late Saturday night in the 3400 block of Victoria Court. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The first unit arrived on scene just over four minutes after the initial dispatch and encountered flames emanating from the chimney and extending into the attic. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Fire in the 3400 block of Victoria Court in Killeen, Texas.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SNW4IWHEN5EMDIZTWK72VGX7MU.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1306\" \/>Fire in the 3400 block of Victoria Court in Killeen, Texas.(Killeen Fire Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">All occupants from the four units were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported to residents or firefighters. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Local officials and the American Red Cross assisted with relocating the affected families. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A total of 11 residents and four pets were displaced by the fire. The property owner is working with the families on Sunday to transition them into more permanent housing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The cause of the fire remains under investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cResidents are reminded to use caution with heating sources during winter weather events and to ensure chimneys and fireplaces are properly maintained,\u201d the Killeen Fire Department wrote in a social media post. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Fire in the 3400 block of Victoria Court in Killeen, Texas.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/N2IVWVZ5UJG2NAHWTKJZQYZHL4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" \/>Fire in the 3400 block of Victoria Court in Killeen, Texas.(Killeen Fire Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; A fire at a fourplex in Killeen displaced four families, the fire department said.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[58364,58363,12294,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-137726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-3400-block-of-victoria-court","9":"tag-fourplex-fire-in-killeen","10":"tag-killeen","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-headlines","13":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137726","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=137726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}