Four people, including two children, were injured in an apartment fire in the East Side neighborhood overnight. The battalion chief reported that crews arrived to find a fire showing in a second-floor apartment. Residents in surrounding apartments were evacuated, and firefighters quickly extinguished the fire. Two people were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation, and four people were rescued from balconies in the Greenspoint-area apartment complex.
Commissioner Burke in command as companies continue and aggressive attack on the fire, filling all the windows with water. https://t.co/fh59KB7bJJ
Heavy fire on ok 3 floors of a building under construction at 31-37 Stuart st. This is now a 4 alarm fire all companies working https://t.co/iB9HqzracE
UPDATE: HFD said four people were rescued from balconies and two people were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a Greenspoint-area apartment complex today. #khou11 https://t.co/oKUhWA3AWs
NEW: The battalion chief says that crews arrived to find a fire showing in a second floor apartment. The residents in the surrounding apartments were evacuated and firefighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly. https://t.co/UEpv8UvMHd
4 injured, including 2 children, in East Side neighborhood apartment fire overnight. https://t.co/GJZbLnTlbB https://t.co/hQYQtY9WAp