{"id":223919,"date":"2025-09-13T15:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/223919\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:49:09","slug":"two-houston-firefighters-injured-while-battling-a-2-alarm-fire-in-southeast-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/223919\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Houston Firefighters injured while battling a 2-alarm fire in southeast Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic of KPRC 2 Breaking News (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>Southeast Houston<\/strong> \u2013 According to the Houston fire department, crews responded to a call for service at Christ Church on Fuqua S.t near Freehill Street around 7 a.m. On Saturday morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke could be seen coming for the church and the fire was upgraded to a two-alarm fire, according to HFD. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Two firefighters were injured. According to the Houston Fire Department one firefighter suffered a broken ankle and the other has a fractured femur. Both firefighters have been released for the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">No other injuries were reported, and no one was inside of the church at the time of the fire, according to officials. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The cause of the fire is under investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Authors<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 jbJvfh cLUOeE author-container\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\">Brittany Jeffers headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/B2AEEWLHK5HGFB5Z3MR4WFKYPA\/\" title=\"View Brittany Jeffers&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brittany Jeffers<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Emmy-winning journalist. Inquisitive. Sparkle enthusiast. Coffee-fueled, with a dash of sass.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\">T.J. Parker headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/T84LR64156J82942HSIDVEL2J7\/\" title=\"View T.J. Parker&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T.J. Parker<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">T.J. Parker joined KPRC 2 in June 2023 and is happy to be back in Houston. Before coming back to the Lone Star State, T.J. was a reporter in Miami at WSVN Channel 7. There he covered all things up and down the south Florida coast.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graphic of KPRC 2 Breaking News (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.) 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