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City of Houston


HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Incident Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 09/17/2019
Apartment Fire in The Golfcrest / Bellfort / Reveille Area
WHAT:
Apartment Fire
WHEN:
September 15, 2019 at 9:40 a.m.
WHERE:
8700 Broadway, 77061
INJURIES:
One civilian injury
PROPERTY SAVED:
$248,500 in estimated property saved
DAMAGE:
$4 thousand in estimated damage
CAUSE:
Unintentional
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Firefighters arrived on scene and found smoke coming from the bottom floor of a two story apartment. They made an offensive attack and conducted a primary search. The fire was quickly contained to the kitchen and crews worked to ventilate the unit. There was no fire extension to the other units, however smoke was found in the nearby units and firefighters ventilated them. One citizen was evaluated for smoke inhalation and treated on scene. Crews from Stations 23, 26, 70, 23, 61, 29 and 24 responded to this incident.  

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