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VICTIMS ESCAPE FIRE THANKS TO NEIGHBOR

Just before 1 a.m. Little York Fire Department responded tot eh Vanderbilt Apartments at Brundage and Kirkstall in North Harris County. This was the second response within several hours to this location.  Harris County Precinct 4 Constables were first to arrive on the scene and requested additional units to start evacuating apartments as flames were spreading from the first to second floors.  According to the resident who lived in the apartment where the fire is believed to have started, about 7 pm he plugged a vacuum cleaner in and the wall outlet caught fire. He called the fire department and they responded. The damage was limited to the outlet and the immediate area around it. Due to the electrical issue, the power to the apartment was turned off and the resident went to a hotel. Just after midnight, his wife realized she left the phone charger at the apartment. That is when the resident returned to retrieve it. As he turned into the complex he saw flames coming out of his front window and spreading to his neighbors above. Knowing that neighbor had been home earlier and had a wife and two children he ran upstairs and started knocking on the door, The neighbor hearing the knocking got up and started to smell smoke. His wife and two children were asleep in the living room. He immediately woke them up. As they were evacuating the apartment, his daughters front bedroom where she would have been asleep was being consumed by fire. Crews from Little York, Ponderosa, Champions and Aldine Fire Departments quickly brought the blaze under control.  According to District Chief Don GIlkey of the Little York Fire Department, the fire is under investigation by the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office to determine if the fire was a rekindle or something otherwise. He said there were no injuries.  Even though the complex did not flood, trailers of debris were seen around the parking lot. According to residents, some units are being remodeled.

 

 

 

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