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City of Houston


HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Incident Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 07/27/2017
NINE-YEAR-OLD SPOTS FIRE IN GARAGE APARTMENT
WHAT:
House fire in SE Houston
WHEN:
July 24, 2017 @ 11:53 p.m.
WHERE:
8000 block of Conger Street
INJURIES:
None reported
DAMAGE:
Estimated at $20,000
CAUSE:
Under investigation by Houston Arson
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

It was just before midnight on July 24th when crews responded to a fire at a garage apartment in the 8,000 block of Conger. Fire was showing from the windows of the apartment. Crews put out the fire and performed a search. The occupant of the apartment was not home and no one else was found inside. The fire was reported by a nine-year-old girl from the house in front of the garage apartment. She told crews she saw fire coming from a window unit and called for help. Houston arson was called in to investigate.

 


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