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A lake home in Whitehouse, Texas belonging to Cleveland Browns’ quarterback Johnny Manziel’s grandfather was destroyed in an early morning fire, CBS19 reports.

Crews responded to the scene at approximately 1:30 a.m. this morning where the Tyler Lake home was already fully engulfed. CBS19 reports that neither Paul Manziel nor his girlfriend Beverly Green were home at the time of the fire and that there were no injuries.

“Everything Paul loved and cherished was in that home,” Green told CBS19. “He loved his house. Thank you to friends and family for all of your prayers. We are just blessed no one was in the house and everyone is safe.”

Smith County Fire Marshal Jay Brooks says the cause of the blaze is suspicious and that the fire is being investigated as an arson.

The Browns QB, of course, got his start in the Lone Star State playing for the Texas A&M Aggies in 2012.

This article appears in Oct 7-13, 2015.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

One reply on “Johnny Manziel’s Grandfather’s House Burned Down Last Night, Arson Suspected”

  1. The story will provide new fodder for the regular callers to radio sports-talk shows who spend hours preparing their 60-second scripts with stupid “zingers” like Johnny snorting hash marks before games.

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