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Six College Station Firefighters Honored in Houston

From KBTX News, Bryan College Station See photo here. Six College Station Fire Department members were honored in Houston Wednesday night for saving an accident victim’s life. The six College Station employees were at the scene of an accident with a cement truck and a dump truck. Despite three feet of concrete and a large [...]

Fire cancels classes at Hitchcock High School

By Chris Paschenko in The Galveston County Daily News A malfunctioning clothes dryer caused a fire in the Hitchcock High School laundry room, prompting school officials to cancel classes Tuesday. Officials evacuated all students safely, and there were no injuries. Classes were expected to resume today, Hitchcock police Chief Clay Kennelly said. Aside from the [...]

Firefighters extinguish mobile home fire

From KHOU News, Houston See video here. The Houston Fire Department had to extinguish heavy flames shooting from a mobile home in north Houston Saturday night. Around 9 p.m., HFP responded to the fire at the Shady Villa mobile home park and put it out before it could spread to nearby units. Four adults lived [...]

Small water mains cause slight delay battling warehouse fire in NE Houston

From KHOU News, Houston Small water mains gave the Houston firefighters a slight problem battling a warehouse fire in northeast Houston late Tuesday. The Houston Fire Department responded to a pallet company on Shotwell near Larimer around 11 p.m. and found several wooden crates at the warehouse in flames. HFD had to call in extra [...]

8 injured, train derailed after tornado touches down in Colorado County

From Rucks Russell and KHOU News, Houston Cleanup is under way in Weimar, just west of Houston, after a tornado left a trail of destruction Thursday evening, the National Weather Service confirmed. Eight people were injured and a high school and hospital were damaged. The people who were hurt were in the parking lot of [...]

Mobile home burns as Pinehurst couple prepares to move in

<a See photos here. href=”http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/mobile-home-burns-as-pinehurst-couple-prepares-to-move-in/article_50a58673-8c70-508c-8d67-808025210fb4.html”>By Jennifer Bell in The Courier of Montgomery County Moving day for Jhonne and Byron Hill was interrupted Tuesday afternoon after a fire started in their vacant, soon-to-be mobile home on Brown Cone Lane and burned through the front and interior of the home. Firefighters with the Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department [...]

Neighbor saves man from burning home

From KPRC News, Houston A northwest Harris County man said a good Samaritan saved his life early Friday morning. He was sleeping inside a mobile home on Taub Road near Windfern Drive when his mobile home started filling with smoke. He said a passer-by saw the smoke, and banged on his door until he woke [...]