{"id":459868,"date":"2025-12-20T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/459868\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:00:16","slug":"woman-found-dead-in-collapsed-apartment-after-large-fire-burns-at-sw-houston-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/459868\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found dead in collapsed apartment after large fire burns at SW Houston complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Firefighters say one person, a woman, has been found dead inside a collapsed apartment building following a fire at a complex in southwest Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Houston Fire Department said the call came in at 4:52 p.m. from the Westmount at Braesridge Apartments located at 11100 Braesridge.<\/p>\n<p>Fire burning at apartment complex (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\">The fire was upgraded to a 2-alarm fire, which means more manpower was brought in.<\/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\">Deputy Chief Bryan Sky-Eagle says they were called after getting reports of fire on the roof of one of the buildings. They arrived to find heavy smoke and fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">While they were fighting the fire, they were told of three individuals who were missing. Firefighters began searching for them while others continued to fight the flames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">One of the missing people was an 80-year-old woman who was asleep in her second floor apartment in the building where the fire broke out. Sky-Eagle says she was awoken by a fire alarm and, with the help of a friend, was able to make it to another unit in another building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A second person, described as 90-years-old, was also able to get out of the building and was later located. He was transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The third missing individual, an elderly man, was found and is being evaluated by emergency medical services. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Around 7:30 p.m., fire officials said an elderly woman had been found dead inside a collapsed apartment building. Its unclear which floor of the building the woman had been on because the building collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Fire at apartment complex (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\">Sky-Eagle says the fire posed a big challenge due to the connecting buildings. The fire ultimately spread across the roof to three buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials say they believe the fire began either on the roof or on the third floor of one of the buildings. They are still investigating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">No firefighters were hurt while responding to the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Firefighters say one person, a woman, has been found dead inside a collapsed apartment building following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":459869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[10172,5025,4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-459868","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"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115751552599867156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459868","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=459868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}