via: myfoxhouston.com Houston – Four townhouses were destroyed in an overnight fire that’s believed to have started in a Christmas tree. It broke out at townhouse complex on Litchfield and Memorial Drive just before 10 p.m. Monday, according to the Houston Fire Department. Read more:Â http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/111227-2-townhouses-destroyed-in-overnight-fire#ixzz1hln2trU1
via: myfoxhouston.com HOUSTON – A late night ride in mom and dad’s Porsche turned into a destructive fire on the South Freeway. According to the Houston Police Department, it was around 1:30 a.m. Thursday when firefighters were called to Highway 288 near Airport. They found the rear of a Porsche Boxster engulfed in flames. Read […]
According to KPRC Channel 2, firefighters were called to the Alligator Creole Cafe, 3717 Dowling St., shortly before 4 a.m., and heavy smoke was pouring from the building. Read More
Via MyFoxHouston.com: HOUSTON – An electrical fire at the Dowling Middle School of Fine Arts caused classes to be canceled Monday. The dismissal of students caused a traffic tie-up outside the campus as parents rushed to pick up their children and school buses arrived to take students home early. Students were to be dismissed from […]
HOUSTON — The woman who ran a West Houston day care fire that caught fire, killing four children, is facing criminal charges. Harris County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Donna Hawkins said Sunday that Jessica Tata, 22, has been charged with reckless bodily injury to a child.Hawkins said she didn’t know if Tata had been taken […]
by khou.com staff MONT BELVIEU, Texas – An explosion at a Mont Belvieu plant was followed by flames that could be seen from miles around. The explosions happened at Enterprise Products at 135 Sun Oil Road around 12:15 p.m. Witnesses reported seeing workers fleeing from the Chambers County plant. It’s not clear if anyone was […]
Via KHOU: HOUSTON—A multi-million-dollar home in the Heights was completely destroyed by a three-alarm fire early Monday morning and investigators are still trying to locate the homeowner and her caretaker. HFD said a tenant living in the garage apartment escaped unharmed, but firefighters were unsure who else was in the home when the fire started. Crews arrived […]
VIA Lisa Chavarria / 11 News/khou.com: 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 […]
Via KHOU.com: A three-alarm fire swept through a northeast Houston warehouse early Friday wiping out more than 10,000 pieces of voting equipment. City officials said they are unsure what will be done when voting begins in the next few months. The Harris County Election Technology Center, located on Canino at Downey, caught fire around 4:20 […]
Check out this blog piece from our great friend Tom Murro over at CelebrityMagnet.com about his Earth Wind and Fire show and backstage experience : Disco, funk, pop and soul were all very alive when Earth Wind & Fire hit the stage last night in N.J. The group simply is, in one word, Amazing! They […]
VIA CNN: BP’s much-anticipated effort to cap its undersea gusher in the Gulf of Mexico was temporarily suspended Thursday afternoon and was expected to resume later in the evening, a BP executive said. “Nothing has actually gone wrong or unanticipated,” Doug Suttles, the company’s chief operating officer, told reporters. He said engineers have been monitoring […]
VIA ABCLOCALGO: First their church burned down; now the pastor’s wife has been found shot dead in her driveway. And now, that congregation is struggling to cope with it all. The First New Mount Calvary Baptist Church in the Fifth Ward Near downtown Houston has been around for almost 100 years. And now, the very […]
