🌱 Four recent Starr County house fires prompt urgent safety warnings
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- Four recent Starr County house fires prompt urgent safety warnings
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• 4 house fires hit Starr County in two weeks; fire chief warns of electrical risk (krgv.com) — Recent house fires across Starr County, including one that destroyed a longtime Alto Bonito family home, have Rio Grande City’s fire chief warning residents to check their electrical systems and fire safety plans. With four house fires in just two weeks, officials urge families to install smoke detectors, avoid overloading outlets, and create an escape plan as investigators probe possible electrical causes. 
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