Overview
- Fire crews reached the 5200 block of Market Street around 3:50 a.m. and rescued four people from an apartment building showing heavy fire from the roof.
- Those four were evaluated by EMS at the scene with no transports reported, and no firefighter injuries occurred.
- The Market Street blaze was contained to one building with significant damage, identified by Google Maps as part of Wheatley Apartments, according to KHOU.
- Around 11 p.m. Monday in the 6500 block of Ranchester in Bellaire, firefighters rescued a man in his 40s who was taken to a trauma center with life-saving efforts in progress.
- The Bellaire fire was confined to a first-floor unit with smoke impacting four neighboring apartments, the Red Cross is assisting displaced residents at both scenes, and HFD is investigating the causes.