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September 23, 2005
Woman badly burned in Galveston art gallery fire
A woman who was badly burned was taken to UTMB after being rescued from a wind-fanned fire Friday night. The building she was in is now an art gallery on Post Office at 20th streets and has been destroyed by the fire that also engulfed two other buildings, including a Victorian home.
A woman who was badly burned was taken to UTMB after being rescued from a wind-fanned fire Friday night. The building is now an art gallery on Post Office at 20th streets and has been destroyed by the fire that also engulfed two other buildings, including a Victorian home.
The building was once the Eagles Lodge #48, according to a witness on the scene.
Firefighters struggled against strong gusts of wind the made embers fly through the air in a tornadic-like pattern.
Up to six or eight firetrucks were already parked behind the San Luis hotel, and nearly 50 firefighters quickly left for the fire after the alarm sounded.
The area was rebuilt after being destroyed by the hurricane of 1900.
Posted by at September 23, 2005 10:18 PM