Northwest Houston apartment fire leaves more than 300 people displaced: ‘You never think it can happen to you’

The Brief

  • More than 300 people are displaced after a fire ripped through an apartment building on Tuesday.
  • It happened along Teague Road and many families lost all their belongings.
  • The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

HOUSTON A massive fire tore through an apartment complex along Teague Road in northwest Houston on Tuesday, injuring two firefighters and displacing more than 300 residents.

The building is fenced off and boarded up as investigators work to determine what sparked the blaze.

The fire happened just after 6 p.m. Tuesday and the scope of the destruction was clear: at least 100 units were damaged, belongings were destroyed, and most of the roof had collapsed.

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