Fire At Historic Haltom Theater

posted by davidalanv on April 2, 2007 at 5:00 am

HALTOM CITY, TX — Around 9:00 PM on Wednesday, March 28th a fire started at Haltom Theater. By 9:30, the Haltom City Fire Department had put the fire out. Arson is suspected and most likely the cause of the fire due to a broken glass door at the side of the theater and papers (that were in boxes earlier that day) piled up and tossed around the second floor office space of the theater, directly above the Birdville Historical Museum.

Due to the fast-acting and careful efforts of the Haltom City Fire Department, only minor water damage was sustained by a handful of items. “It could have been a lot worse,” said many members of the Birdville Historical Society & Haltom Theater Arts Committee. Concerned citizens showed up during the evening on Wednesday and some, including the fire department, stayed into the early hours of the morning moving and securing the museum items and gathering up the Haltom City Photo Contest entries that are now scheduled to be displayed at the Haltom City Library from April 2 – 17.

We want to send a huge THANK YOU to the Haltom City Fire Department for moving most all of the museum displays, cases, items, etc. into the gallery space at the opposite end of the building.

If you have any information concerning the arson at the theater, please contact the Haltom City Fire Department at 817-759-8660.

For questions and comments about the fire, contact us through .

For links to articles, visit the Haltom Theater Website and for pictures from the theater fire, visit the Haltom City Citizen.

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