Early this morning Pasadena and Houston firefighters were on the scene of a large apartment fire in Pasadena. The fire was reported before 5 a.m. Tuesday morning at Shaver Street and Allen-Genoa Shaver. A husband and wife were pulled from the fire and are reported to have injuries. Just before 7:30 a.m., it was reported [...]
Charred shells are all that remain from four vehicles after a fire destroyed them at a Pasadena apartment building. The cars were parked at the Ashwood Park apartments in the 3600 block of Burke Road in Pasadena. The fire marshal says it's too early to tell if someone intentionally set the fire. In addition to [...]
Fifteen cars erupted in flames at a Pasadena auto parts business over the weekend. More than a dozen cars were damaged in the fire. Video from the Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department shows the intensity of the smoke and flames from this weekend's fire. While 15 vehicles caught fire, no injuries were reported in the incident. [...]
A truck fire in the La Porte area caused a temporary shelter-in-place to be issued. The chemical emergency occurred near the intersection of 16th Street and A Street. Officials worked quickly to control the truck fire and are determining what hazardous materials burned in the fire. Those north of Spencer Highway in the area and [...]
Shoppers on Friday night had to evacuate a grocery store on Spencer Highway after a fire started in the Mi Tienda bakery area. Both the Pasadena and South Houston fire departments responded to the fire at around 10:00 p.m. on Friday evening. No one was seriously injured, and while flames were through the roof of [...]
A four-alarm fire in Houston on Thursday caused the release of hazardous materials as well as fireballs to shoot up in the sky. No injuries were reported at the warehouse. The inferno at A-1 Custom Packaging and Filling started just before 10 a.m. in the Spring Branch neighborhood. Police say that the fire started as [...]
The woman who is thought to have shot and killed ex-MLB star Darryl Hamilton pled guilty to arson in 2008. The case involved her husband at the time possibly cheating on her. The bodies of Monica Jordan and Hamilton were found Sunday afternoon in her Pearland home. Hamilton's body was found near the front entryway, [...]
A Houston father rescued his 10 children from their burning home on Memorial Day. Khou.com reports that Brian Robertson and his wife awoke at about 5 a.m. May 25 to a wall of fire in their Batcher Street home. "By the time I get through the hallway, I see smoke everywhere," Robertson told Khou.com. "I [...]
Northbound lanes of the East Loop were blocked last night after a car carrier with new luxury cars caught fire. The incident happened under the overpass for the East Freeway at roughly 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. The driver of the car carrier said he noticed sparks coming from his 18-wheeler. When he pulled over to try [...]
Robert Middleton was doused with gasoline and set on fire in 1998 and died in 2011 as a result of the attack. He spent every day of his life fighting after being burned, and yesterday his parents watched as his killer was finally convicted of capital murder. Don Willburn Collins was convicted by a jury [...]