{"id":341351,"date":"2025-10-29T18:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/341351\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:43:12","slug":"2-injured-following-apartment-fire-fueled-by-strong-winds-in-west-houston-hfd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/341351\/","title":{"rendered":"2 injured following apartment fire fueled by strong winds in west Houston, HFD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Two people were rushed to the hospital, and several were treated at the scene following an apartment fire in west Houston, according to the Houston Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Firefighters were called shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning to the 11200 block of Olympia Drive for an apartment complex fire, HFD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HFD Senior Captain Reyes said that before firefighters arrived, two people had jumped out of a second-story window. He added that the apartment&#8217;s maintenance crew put a couch on the ground to cushion their fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We also assisted two other people when we got out here,&#8221; Capt. Reyes said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sixteen apartment units were affected by the fire, and the building they shared appears to be a total loss, HFD said. They added that arson investigators arrived at the complex to determine the source of the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Capt. Reyes said that the strong winds in the area were a factor in the fire&#8217;s growth. &#8220;Wind picked up a little bit, yes, it did become a factor as part of the fire,&#8221; Capt. Reyes said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">HFD said the residents displaced by the fire are being assisted by the apartment complex&#8217;s management and the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Two people were rushed to the hospital, and several were treated at the scene&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":341352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[168147,4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-341351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-168147","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115458933048846700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}