A firefighter is receiving support from his colleagues in Allen after his own home was destroyed by fire.
Jeremy West is grateful no one was injured, but his house is a total loss. He says the timing of it all has put a lot of things into perspective.
“As a fireman, you just get toned out. You put the fire out and you go home, right?” West said. “Now, I see the other side of it.” est is experiencing what he calls a full circle moment of the worst kind. “He has four kids and three of them live here with them,” said Allen Fire Capt. Matt Madding. “And we just thank God they were at grandma’s house last night.”
Right after West and his station finished fighting a house fire Wednesday night, his wife called around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
“I could actually hear his wife screaming on the phone," Madding said.