{"id":156238,"date":"2026-02-08T18:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156238\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T18:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:56:06","slug":"78-year-old-man-identified-as-second-victim-of-fatal-colleyville-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156238\/","title":{"rendered":"78-year-old man identified as second victim of fatal Colleyville house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Officials have identified the second person killed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/2026\/01\/25\/2-dead-2-injured-in-colleyville-house-fire-saturday-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/2026\/01\/25\/2-dead-2-injured-in-colleyville-house-fire-saturday-officials-say\/\">house fire<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/colleyville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/colleyville\/\">Colleyville<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Charles Havea, 78, was pronounced dead at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 24, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/tarrant-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/tarrant-county\/\">Tarrant County<\/a> medical examiner\u2019s office. A 77-year-old woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/2026\/01\/29\/one-of-two-people-killed-saturday-in-colleyville-house-fire-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/2026\/01\/29\/one-of-two-people-killed-saturday-in-colleyville-house-fire-identified\/\">identified as Sela Havea<\/a> also died in the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Colleyville firefighters responded to a house fire in the 3600 block of Sweetbriar Lane shortly after 10 a.m. Jan. 24, fire officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">When firefighters arrived, they were informed that two people may still be inside the house after two others escaped with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Firefighters searched the home as they worked to extinguish the fire. Charles and Sela Havea were found dead inside afterward, according to the statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials have identified the second person killed in a house fire in Colleyville in January. 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