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.

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

Two Mesquite homes were destroyed in a fire that officials believe was caused by a floating lantern.

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

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.

On March 5, 2026, at approximately 8 p.m., the Mesquite Fire Department responded to reports of a residential structure fire ...

Fire officials determined the probable cause was airborne floating lanterns believed to have been released from the Balch Springs or southeast Dallas area.

A floating sky lantern drifting through the night sky is being blamed for a devastating fire that destroyed two homes in Mesquite last Thursday, leaving families displaced and investigators searching ...