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City of Houston


HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Incident Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 01/16/2019
Hotel Fire in Downtown Houston
WHAT:
Hotel Fire (Electrical Room)
WHEN:
January 14, 2019 at 10:18 a.m.
WHERE:
1600 Lamar St, 77010
INJURIES:
1 civilian transported to the hospital.
PROPERTY SAVED:
$5,947,000 in estimated property saved
DAMAGE:
$53 thousand in estimated damage
CAUSE:
Unintentional - Electrical
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Firefighters arrived on scene and found a fire in the electrical room of a hotel had self extinguished.  One individual had self evacuated but suffered from burns and was transported to the hospital. Firefighters set up fans to ventilated the smoke from the fire area. Crews from Stations 15, 6, 8, 19, 20, 46, 7, 9, 17, 18 and 30 responded to this incident. 

Contact:
HFD Newsroom
hfdnewsroom@houstontx.gov
 
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