{"id":495639,"date":"2026-01-06T04:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/495639\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T04:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:11:17","slug":"woman-in-custody-after-setting-boyfriends-clothes-on-fire-igniting-apartment-fire-in-ne-harris-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/495639\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman in custody after setting boyfriend\u2019s clothes on fire, igniting apartment fire in NE Harris County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HARRIS COUNTY<\/strong> \u2013 A woman was taken into custody after a domestic dispute led to an apartment fire in northeast Harris County, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The fire spread to 13 units at the South Lake Villas Apartments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators said the woman was involved in a domestic dispute with her boyfriend, which led her to burn his clothes in a barbecue pit on the apartment patio. Although the fire was initially put out, it reportedly reignited and spread into the attic space before extending to other units in Building 13.<\/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\">Fire marshals said the building is irreparably damaged, and residents are not allowed to return to the property to retrieve belongings due to structural collapse concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The woman is facing one count of reckless arson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Monday evening, firefighters were back out at the scene after the fire rekindled. As firefighters were putting out the fire again, one firefighter was injured after falling through the ceiling of the second floor. He was transported to a hospital.<\/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\">The Channelview Fire Department, Westfield Fire Department, Crosby Fire Department, and ESD No. 12 (formerly the Cloverleaf Fire Department) assisted Harris County Emergency Services District No. 60 in responding to the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The scene remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KPRC 2 Reporter Corley Peel was out at the complex Monday evening and spoke to neighbors who were seen moving the few items they managed to salvage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI actually almost had a panic attack, honestly. My kids was shaking, you, know, asking my mama, the house is gone,\u201d said Shanteria White.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">White responded after being told the fire started after a woman got mad at her boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI honestly don\u2019t understand how no person can do that. You know, it\u2019s people around you. It\u2019s kids around you,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is nothing worth, you know, losing your life over, going to jail over, it just is not worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Now, dozens of people including White are without a home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI worked so hard for my stuff. So to know that everything\u2019s just gone in a blink of an eye is kind of devastating. It\u2019s terrible when you didn\u2019t do it, and it happened for somebody else,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY \u2013 A woman was taken into custody after a domestic dispute led to an apartment fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":495640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4219,5025,4345,425,50,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-495639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-fire","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-local","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115846203687891369","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495639","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=495639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}