{"id":459498,"date":"2025-12-20T06:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T06:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/459498\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T06:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T06:58:11","slug":"woman-says-sw-houston-apartment-fire-is-second-fire-she-has-endured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/459498\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman says SW Houston apartment fire is second fire she has endured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A raging fire at the Westmount at Braesridge apartments has left residents shaken, including Laura Vanlandingham, who is waiting to find out if her home is a total loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KPRC 2 News reporter Corley Peel spoke with Vanlandingham at the scene. She shared that she has not yet been able to enter her apartment. She said this is the second time she has experienced an apartment fire that destroyed everything she owned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Friday\u2019s fire was captured on Vanlandingham\u2019s cell phone moments after she escaped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhat I heard was the fire alarm going off, and when I walked outside my apartment, it was all hazy, smoky. Then I turned around and saw a raging fire on the third floor,\u201d Vanlandingham said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When asked what she did next, she replied simply, \u201cFreaked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">As she watched the flames, fellow residents rushed to her side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Vanlandingham said the fire brought back painful flashbacks from the previous fire she endured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI was having flashbacks from the previous fire I\u2019ve been through. It was bringing back that experience, and they could see I was having issues,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She praised her neighbors for their support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cOh yeah, the neighbors here are really great. They all look out for each other,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Vanlandingham also shared that her apartment serves as her office since she works from home. Now, she is unsure if anything inside can be saved.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI can pretty much say it\u2019s going to have smoke damage and probably water damage,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When asked about her next steps, Vanlandingham said, \u201cI have no idea. I\u2019m still processing. All I know is Sunday I\u2019m getting on a flight. That\u2019s my next step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She added that she doesn\u2019t yet know what her plan will be after returning home from the holidays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Red Cross representatives were seen at the scene speaking with residents about available resources to help those affected by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A raging fire at the Westmount at Braesridge apartments has left residents shaken, including Laura Vanlandingham,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":459499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[10172,5025,4345,358,3187,209857],"class_list":{"0":"post-459498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-apartment-fire","9":"tag-fire","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-westmount-at-braesridge-apartments"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115750600946382111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459498","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=459498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}