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Fire damages townhouse in central Pasadena

By Dale Lezon in The Houston Chronicle
Firefighters are battling a large blaze at a townhome complex in central Pasadena this morning. The one-alarm fire broke out at the complex in the 1000 block of Willow Oaks about 6:30 a.m., according to the Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department. Firefighters appeared to have the blaze contained by about [...]

Houston firefighters restrain tenant

From KHOU News, Houston
Firefighters had to pull double-duty Thursday while battling a blaze and restraining a tenant at a southeast Houston apartment fire, according to HFD. HFD responded to a fire at the Cuney Homes apartments located in the 3100 block of Cleburne around 12:20 a.m. and found fire shooting from a two-story apartment building.
Firefighters [...]

‘Mayday’ on 27th floor sends fire to 4 alarms

By James Pinkerton in The Houston Chronicle
A broken pipe left firefighters without water for a half-hour before they could battle a nighttime blaze on the 27th floor of the historic downtown JP Morgan Chase building Monday, the first of several problems that hampered efforts to extinguish the four-alarm blaze.
Firefighters also had to search briefly for [...]

Blown gasket in standpipe system hindered crews in Houston bank building blaze

By Kevin Reece at KHOU News, Houston
Twenty-seven floors below the scene of Monday night’s fire at the Chase Bank Building downtown, the strong smell of smoke was still pouring out of the doors Tuesday evening.
HFD said the flames heavily damaged the 27th floor, and smoke permeated every floor above that. Water damage reportedly reached as [...]

HFD’s ‘Survival House’ helps firefighters train for life-threatening situations

By Len Cannon at KHOU News, Houston
Firefighters deal with smoke, heat and unpredictable dangers. They go into homes, offices and apartments to rescue people and animals. But sometimes, the life they must save is their own. That’s why the Houston Fire Department built its new training facility. On the outside, it looks like a typical [...]

6 Houston firefighters injured battling 4-alarm blaze at downtown JP Morgan Chase Bank

By Lisa Chavarria at KHOU News, Houston
Six firefighters were hospitalized Monday evening battling a four-alarm fire that erupted at the historic downtown Houston JP Morgan Chase Bank building, according to HFD.
The landmark skyscraper is located on the corner of Rusk and Main.
More than 100 firefighters battled the blaze that broke out on the 27th floor [...]

Fire destroys Kingwood family home

By Stefanie Thomas in The Courier of Montgomery County
Ed Fuller could see the flames stretching into the evening sky from three blocks away. At that point, the man who used to make it his business to put out fires became a spectator in the incineration of his own home. The weekend started pleasantly enough. The [...]