HAPPENING OVERNIGHT: Two firefighters were hurt and several residents were displaced after a fire destroyed several units at a north Harris County apartment complex.
Firefighters with Ponderosa FD and Spring FD were called to the apartments at around 7 p.m.
Officials said firefighters took an hour and 15 minutes to put out the fire, which affected 16 units.Two firefighters were taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion. Both of them are expected to be OK.“What happens then is the fire grows exponentially and it becomes a defensive posture on our side because there’s no way that we can get inside to kill it from the underneath because it’s burning straight up,” said Ponderosa Chief Fred Windisch.
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