Loss of library after fire brings Mexia community together in unexpected ways and last updated 2021-03-18 11:23:29-04 MEXIA, TX â As we saw in the Texas deep freeze a few weeks ago, the loss of an important service can have devastating effects, especially if you live outside one of the major cities in Central Texas. People in Mexia learned about that loss early one morning when investigators say an arsonist torched the city library. The sense of loss the city felt prompted them to pull together to recover, and its people learned a lot along the way. Seven year old Jasmine Escamilla talks about the Mexia library the way some children talk about Disney World.