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Cause of fatal fire goes undetermined by authorities
MARCH
Cause of fire that led to
death undetermined
March 1 — El Dorado fire- fighters have not been able to determine the cause of a house fire in which a man died last week, but they believe the blaze started accidentally. Fire Chief Chad Mosby said the investiga- tion into the fire at 3108 E. Main remains open.
Seventy-five-year-old Buddy Baugus was pulled from the house by firefighters. Baugus was unresponsive when fire- fighters arrived and he was transported by ambulance to Medical Center of South Arkansas, where he was later pronounced dead. Union County Coroner Curtis Butterfield said Baugus died of smoke inhalation. A woman who lived at the residence was able to escape, firefighters said. Deborah Williams, 48, was transported by ambulance to MSCA for treatment. El Dorado police, who are conducting a joint investigation with the fire department, said Williams did not sustain life-threatening injuries. Mosby said fire inves- tigators believe the fire started near a chair in the living room, but they have not nailed down the cause or ignition source.
Roberts, Beard win
county seats
March 2 — Ricky Roberts was elected as the next sheriff of Union County with 3,970 votes, according to unofficial totals on Tuesday and Paula Beard was elected as the next Union County tax collector with 3,006 votes.
Cyclist rides across U.S.
for children’s programs
March 7 — Biking anywhere from 50 to 85 miles per day, veteran sporting goods execu- tive Doug Gordon, 61, is riding his bicycle across the United States to help raise money for physical education and recess programs for children through PHIT America and traveled through El Dorado.
Commercial airline makes emergency landing.
News-Times File Photo
UCAPS: Union County Animal Protection Society volunteer Roger Newman takes ‘White Boy’ for a walk before the dog is taken to Virginia and then onward to Maine for adoption in March, 2016.
the 66 passengers and four crew members who were aboard United Airlines flight 3579 from Houston Monday night when a flight attendant saw or smelled smoke in the plane’s galley, said Tim Johnson, man- ager of SARA. Members of the El Dorado Fire Department arrived at the airport within minutes and El Dorado School District provided school buses to take passengers to Little Rock. The American Red Cross of Union County responded to the airport with food and water for passengers and crew members while they were on the ground in El Dorado. McDonald’s in El Dorado pro- vided food and water for the passengers and crew.
The Union County Sheriff ’s Office, who had gone to SARA to offer any assistance to the EFD, patrolled the airport grounds after the buses depart- ed, Sheriff Mike McGough said. The United flight crew stayed overnight in El Dorado hotels, and the aircraft maintenance
team arrived at SARA at approx- imately 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Johnson said. The flight crew and maintenance workers flew the plane to Indianapolis with- out further incident.
Downpour causes road closures, flooding
March 10 — With seven to 10 inches of rain expected to fall in a few days in El Dorado, many roads were flooded and Entergy Arkansas responded to a peak of 1,300 outages around Union County.
“There are a lot of roads flooded,” Union County Judge Mike Loftin said on Wednesday. “We had workers out all night putting out high water signs.” Junction City Schools were closed Wednesday but other schools in the county – El Dorado, Smackover-Norphlet, Strong-Huttig, Parkers Chapel and West Side Christian School – remained open throughout the day.
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March 9 — A flight and maintenance crew from a com- mercial airline lifted off from El Dorado safely Tuesday after- noon, approximately 15 hours after a passenger plane on its
way to Indianapolis made an emergency landing at South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field.
Several factions of the com- munity came together to assist
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