WHAT: High-rise apartment building fire
WHEN: November 9, 2021 at 11:27 a.m.
WHERE: 7575 Bellaire, 77036
INJURIES: No reported injuries.
PROPERTY SAVED: $45 thousand in estimated property saved.
DAMAGE: $5 thousand in estimated damage.
CAUSE: Unintentional – heat source too close to combustible.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Firefighters arrived on scene within six minutes to find a fire near a trash chute in the maintenance area on the sixth floor of a high-rise apartment building. Paper goods were placed near an electrical plug which appeared to have started the fire. The fire was kept in-check by a fire sprinkler head until HFD arrived on scene. Firefighters from Stations 21, 28, 68, 83, 10, 60, 73, 51, 37 and 57 responded to this incident.
