{"id":511504,"date":"2026-01-12T19:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/511504\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:24:08","slug":"fire-crews-respond-to-church-fire-along-the-north-freeway-near-parker-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/511504\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire crews respond to church fire along the North Freeway near Parker Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire crews responded to a church fire near the North Freeway and Parker Road in north Houston as smoke slowed traffic in both directions.<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Fire crews have responded to a reported church fire along the North Freeway near Parker Road in north Houston on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A church fire is drawing attention from drivers along the North Freeway, where thick smoke can be seen from the roadway and is slowing traffic in both directions.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not released information about injuries or the extent of damage to the church.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are urged to use caution, allow extra travel time, and consider alternate routes if possible while this breaking situation unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Updates will be provided as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"isPasted\">Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/north-freeway-church-fire-parker-road-houston-texas\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>newstips@khou.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0or call 713-521-4310 and include the best way to reach you.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire crews responded to a church fire near the North Freeway and Parker Road in north Houston as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":511505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-511504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115883769117216549","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511504","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=511504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}