Overview

• The fire erupted around 5:30 a.m. on July 21 on the second floor of the Red Roof Inn off Interstate 30 in White Settlement, Texas.
• Sgt. John Banner alerted the fire department after seeing smoke and began banging on doors to wake and evacuate sleeping guests.
• Body-camera and dash-camera footage captured officers navigating heavy smoke to guide people out of the engulfed rooms.
• White Settlement firefighters arrived within ten minutes to extinguish the blaze and reported no serious injuries, though several guests and Banner were treated for smoke inhalation.
• Authorities have classified the incident as suspected arson, detaining one suspect whose account conflicted with surveillance video as the Fire Marshal’s Office pursues an arrest warrant.