Floating lantern suspected of igniting fire that destroyed two Mesquite homes near Bruton and Peachtree; no injuries.

Floating lanterns that drifted in from outside the neighborhood are being blamed for a two-alarm fire Thursday night that ...

Investigators say a lantern from an unknown location became tangled in a tree, dropping burning fuel that ignited the blaze.

Two Mesquite homes were destroyed in a fire investigators say was likely sparked by floating lanterns released nearby.

The Mesquite Fire Department believes a floating lantern caused a major fire that spread and destroyed two homes. It happened in a neighborhood near Bruton and Peachtree Roads around 8 p.m. Thursday.

An airborne floating lantern is believed to be the cause of a massive residential fire that destroyed two homes Friday night, according to the Mesquite Fire Department.

Fire officials determined the probable cause was airborne floating lanterns believed to have been released from the Balch ...