Lubbock Home Fire Blamed on Heat Lamp on Dog House

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Lubbock fire officials say a blaze that left a home with fire and smoke damage has been tracked to a dog house.

The fire marshal's office says it's determined the fire just before noon Thursday was accidental and was caused by a heat lamp attached to a plastic dog house.

Lt. Michael Loftin with the fire marshal's office tells Lubbock television station KLBK combustibles were too close to the heat lamp.

No one was at home at the time.

The Red Cross is helping a man and woman who have been displaced by the fire.